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SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT
City of Somersworth,
CONTAINING
Mayor's Inaugural Address, An Account of the Receipts
AND Expenditures, The Reports of the City Offi-
cials, AND the Vital Statistics for
THE Year ending March 1, 1895.
SOMERSWORTH, N. H. :
free press publishing company,
1895.
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INAUGURAL ADDRESS
OF
Christopher H. Wells,
HAYOR OF SOHERSWORTH,
TO THE CITY COUNCILS
March 20, 1894.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Gentlemen of the Citij Cotmcils:
The practice of delivering inaugural addresses cannot be
traced back to that period in the Middle Ages when the office
of mayor was evolved from the conditions of municipal exist-
ence. Nevertheless, it has come down to us through so many
years as to now have somewhat of the force and prestige of es-
tablished law. The incoming mayor believes that this time-
honored custom should not be disregarded by him. Although
an address bearing upon municipal affairs would be more valua-
ble in its suggestions, if it should come at the end of a term,
after active official experience, yet there are certain matters
that may not inapjiropriately be referred to at the outset of
this, a new, administration in city affairs.
Our city debt now amounts to $76,700, chargeable to the
following accounts :
For school construction.
$12,000
Sewer construction,
47,700
Water pipe,
4,200
Outstanding bills,
11,000
Sewer and water pipe on Main street
and Indigo Hill road.
1,800
$76,700
This debt is placed in notes bearing 5 per cent interest.
The school notes of $2000 each are payable one each year for
six years. The balance of the notes are now practically due on
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demand, and may be taken up at any time. The interest paid
on these notes is liigher than need be jjaid and the question of
funding a portion of the debt, say ^60,000. at a lower rate of
interest, is worthy of our serious consideration. Four per cent,
coupon bonds can be disjjosed of at a premium more than suf-
ficient to pay the expense of the issue. A saving of one per
cent, on $60,000 of bonds, payable $5000 per year for 12
years, would amount to nearly $4000 irrespective of premium —
a saving which ordinary business prudence would seem to call
for. Moreover, with a certain amount coming due every year
at a stated time, there is an incentive to bring about the grad-
ual payment of the city debt, an incentive that does not exist
at the present time, when the holders of city notes would pre-
fer extension to payment.
The matter of the extension of the sewerage system of the
city is likely to come up for consideration. There have already
been constructed some two miles of main sewers, taking in the
principa.l business and residential thoroughfares. In many
cities a charge is made for entering the sewers, and extensions
are only made in cases where the property owners who desire
to connect with a proposed sewer are willing to guarantee a
good percentage on the cost of construction. Whether or not
it will be wise for us to establish this as the policy of our
city is a question worthy of our serious consideration.
It may be doubted, however, whether it will be well to make
any considerable extensions in our sewer systems, until there is
an assurance of the sewers' being properly flushed and cleansed.
A sewer that is not well flushed is an abomination and a breeder
of disease. The only hope of a sufficient cleansing and flushing
is to be found in the genei-al use of aqueduct water, and aque-
duct water cannot pass into general use unless it is pure and
healthful, and suitable for drinking purposes.
Every community of any considerable size should have a
water supply independent of wells. In thickly settled com-
munities there is great danger in drinking well water, as it is
liable to contamination from various sources. Aqueduct water
is much more pure and healthful, and with good, pure water
coursing through the street mains, the general use of water
^ould be developed, thus not only benefiting the public health,
but also insuring the proper cleansing of the sewers. Pure
water is as necessary as pure air, and no community can safely
go without it. It would be well for us to consider the matter
of obtaining water from such a source as will give a pure and
healthful supply, either by an arrangement with the existing
water company, or otherwise.
The consideration of this matter leads naturally to the sub-
ject of our fire department, and on this point it ma}- be said
that, so far as extinguishing fires is concerned, our present
water supply is admirable. With the stand-pipe in use there
is a strong pressure at the street mains, and the hydrant service
is efficient and satisfactory. Our fire department generally is
in an excellent condition, the various companies being composed
mainly of experienced men. It may be well for us to inquire
at some time whether or not present methods of organization
can be improved upon and the department made more efficient.
Insurance, nowadays, is almost as much of a fixed charge on
property as are taxes, and the more efficient our fire department
is, the lower will be the rates of insurance and the less the
burden on property holders.
Our schools are in an excellent condition, and our attitude
toward them should be characterized by that liberality which is
consistent with the best and most satisfactory results. Under
the city charter the schools have been brought into a thorough
s^'^stem, and their management will compare favorably with the
management of any schools in the state. The public school is
one of the corner stones of this great republic. In it the young
people of all ranks and classes in society are brought together
and placed upon one common level of merit and worth, and all
are given a fair and equal start in the race of life. The per-
manence of a free government depends upon the intelligence of
the people. As Garfield said: "Next in importance to freedom
and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom
nor justice can be permanently maintained." The wonderful
progress which the United States has made in the past and
the great influence her people have exerted, and are today ex-
erting, throughout the civilized world are due in a large measure
to the sturdy manly and womanly qualities developed within
the walls of the public schoolroom.
Our highways need some considerable repairs. Too little
study is given the subject of road making by street commis-
sioners or surveyors of highways, and there is too much of the
makeshift, or temporary expedient element in the work done
on our streets. Eoad-building, if not one of the lost, is at least
one of the unpracticed, arts. The magnificent roads which
Rome built over twenty centuries ago are today wonders of
engineering and durability. We, who call ourselves the most
progressive people on the face of the earth, are slow to accept,
in the matter of road-construction, the principle that the best
and most durable is the cheapest in the end. There is need of
an awakening on the subject of good roads which shall lead to
better and more permanent results.
It is very natural to suppose that the ordinances passed by
the city government during the past year would need to be
changed in some respects. It would indeed be a singular thing
if our city councils had been able to frame and pass a set
of ordinances, in the manner in which these were framed and
passed, and have them entirely satisfactory. One change that
suggests itself as especially important and desirable is in rela-
tion to the duties of the committee on claims and accounts.
Under the ordinances as they now are this committee has the
approval of all claims and accounts against the city, except
those contracted by the school board. Their action is final in
the matter, without any further action on the part of the city
councils. Although the committee for the past year have
unquestionably performed their duties with great fidelity, yet
it seems as though the present arrangement places too much
authority in the hands of three men (or two, as a majority con-
trols), and that some time it might prove a source of trouble.
It would be well to have the committee larger, or else to require
that all bills and claims examined and approved by the com-
mittee should also be read and approved in each branch of the
city councils before the order for payment is issued. This latter
course would not only be a safeguard thrown about duties of
great responsibility, but it would also serve to keep the city
councils informed as to the matter of expenditures of the city
money. There is something here which is worthy of our
earnest consideration.
There is a test that will be applied to our administration
which involves a subject of more importance even, in the public
mind, than the matter of good roads, low taxes or other local
advantages, and that is the manner in which we allow police
affairs to be conducted. No matter how well we perform our
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duties in other directions, if we fail at this point, then the pub-
lic will judge our administration to have been an unsatisfactory
one. The police methods of Soniersworth for years past have
been loose and unsystematic. This must inevitably be the case
when those in whose control the police are fail to hold the reins
in a strong and steady grasp The duties of the city marshal
and other police officers should be carefully prescribed, and
those officials should be held to a rigid performance of them.
Good men only should be appointed on the force, men especially
adapted to the work before them. It is our duty to see that
the Sabbath is made a day of quiet and order, and that this be
made a better city, a city where not only can the transactions
of business be carried on successfully, but also which the citi-
zens will be proud to point to as their home.
Moreover, those whom we appoint or elect to office in the
various departments should be selected with especial reference
to the duties they will be called upon to perform, for not only
are we responsible for that which we do ourselves, but also for
that which is done by those whom we have entrusted with offi-
cial duties.
There are matters of an extra-official nature which may
properly receive our encouragement. One of these is the form-
ation of a board of trade, an organization which, when rightly
working, can accomplish great good in a community and add
materially to its growth and prosperity. Identified with the
interests of the city as such an organization would undoubtedly
be, it would seem proper and fitting that it should receive its
initiative impulse at the hands of the chosen representatives of
the people.
Our city is a manufacturing community. It must necessarily
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be so. Our railroad advantages, our comparative nearness to
the large markets of the East, and our recognized position as a
centre of labor — all tend to especially adapt our city to manu-
facturing operations. Whatever growth the community has
must be along the line of manufactures. Our policy toward
such industries, not only those we seek to gain, but also those
we already have with us, should be wise and fair and liberal.
Taxation, a necessary burden, should be made as light as possi-
ble. High rates are a deterrent to new capital, a discourage-
ment to. old. To have alow tax rate there must be expendi-
tures which are as low as is reasonably consistent with desirable
results. Then with good schools, good police and a good admin-
istration in the various other departments, the Cit^^ of Somers-
worth will present advantages for the location of new industries
which are not excelled by the advantages of any other New
England community.
We should remember that government is not an end, but a
means. Municipal government is the method whereby commu-
nities manage matters of local concern. Although, for conven-
ience and effectiveness, power to act may be delegated by the
many to the few, yet the source of all political power is in the
people, and he who acts under authority delegated by them
does so simply as their agent or servant. This is the funda-
mental idea of the republican form of government. It consti-
tutes the true strength of free nations. As De Tocqueville
says : "A nation may establish a free government, but without
the spirit of municipal institutions it cannot have the spirit of
liberty "
Therefore it is incumbent on us, elected as agents or ser-
vants of the people, to manage or superintend matters of local
concern. All forms of human government are imperfect at
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best, but the more freely we allow our action to be directed in
the channel of public welfare, the more carefully we keep selfish
interests and personal considerations in the background, the
nearer will our administration approach in its results to the
true spirit which underlies republican institutions.
May we all work harmoniously, and with a view to the high-
est interests of our city.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
MARCH 13, 1894.
The following is a statement of the vote in Ward One, as
declared by the moderator of said ward, at the closing of the
poll.-!, oil the thirteenth day of March, 1894 :
MAYOK.
Charles F. Blake 84
Christopher H. Wells 160
ALDERMAN.
Arthur J. Seavey 88
Albert A. Perkins 157
COUNCILMAN.
Oscar J. Harmon 89
William E. Bedell 155
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
William W. ISTason 89
Richard W. Shapleigh 156
SELECTMEN.
Jarius E. Came 90
Edwin H. Swett 90
Charles A. Worster 88
Charles Goding 155
William Fotvin -[53
Henry A. Cobb 155
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MODERATOR.
William F. riarmon 90
Charles M. Dorr 155
WARD CLERK.
John W. Curley 89
Albert E. Stevens 155
The following is the statement of the vote in Ward Two, as
declared by the moderator of said ward, at the closing of the
polls, on the thirteenth daj' of March, 1894 :
MAYOR.
Charles F. Blake 69
Christopher II. Wells 182
ALDERMAX.
James A. Locke 1
Thomas F. Marston 67
Samuel A. Seavey 184
councilma:^.
Orlando J. Bagley 67
Cyrus Freeman 183
James W. Vermette 1
SELECTMEN.
William L. Foote 1
Joseph Terrio 1
Anthony Willette 1
Pierre Morin 66
Otis B. Morse ■ 66
Fred I. York 67
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William B. Martin, 185
Alpheus L. Faunce 1 iSo
Walter L Butterfield 18i
MODERATOR.
Henry H. Wentworth 1
Patrick D. O'Connell 67
Almon D. Tolles 184
WARD CLERK.
Guy H. Locke 1
Walter 0. Ritcliie G6
Frank G. Chapman 184
The following is a statement of the vote in Ward Three, as
declared by the moderator of said ward, at the closing of the
polls, on the thirteenth day of March, 1894 ;
MAYOR.
Charles F. Blake 76
Christopiier H. Wells 146
ALDERMAN.
Alfred Boucher 72
Freeman A. Hussey 150
COUNCILMAN.
Daniel Sanborn 73
George E. Hanson 149
SELECTMEN.
Frank J. Austin 72
James A. Flanagan 73
Ephraim Boucher 72
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Daniel Wingate 151
Oswald Gastonguay 148
Isaiah D. Corliss 150
MODERATOR.
John Rowan 72
Herbert Davis 151
WARD CLERK,
George Goselin 73
Albert E. J. Hurd 149
The following is a statement of the vote in Ward Four, as
declared by the Moderator of said ward, at the closing of the
polls, on the thirteenth day of March, 1894 :
MAYOR.
Christopher H. Wells 80
Charles F. Blake 95
ALDERMAN*.
James A. Locke 85
Michael P. Flanagan 89
COUNCILMAN.
James W. Vermette 80
Charles E. Brown 95
SELECTMEN.
Anthony Willette 78
Joseph Terrio 78
William L. Foote 79
Charles F. Crockett 97
Joseph E. Labonte 96
Francis Beamish 96
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MODERATOR.
Henry H. Wentworth 77
Daniel Cronin 97
WARD CLERK.
Guy H. Locke 79
Louis Renard 96
The following is a statement of the vote in Ward Five, as
declared by the Moderator of said ward, at the closing of the
polls, on the thirteenth da^' of March, 1894 :
MAYOR.
Charles F. Blake 63
Christopher H. Wells 75
ALDERMAN.
George J . Frechette 63
Frank E. Libby 74
COUNCILMAN.
Charles M. Robinson 65
Moses H. Pray 73
SELECTMEN.
J. Sullivan 62
George A. Richmond 63
James E. Crawford 68
Joseph P. Chesley 74
L. Boulie 71
Clement Ham, Jr 75
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MODERATOR.
John C. Bunker 63
Frank E. Libby 75
CLERK.
Daniel A. Whitehouse 50
Edwin F. Richmond 75
CITY GOVERNMENT.
1894.
MAYOR.
CHRISTOPHER H. WELLS.
CITY CLERK.
FRED L. SHAPLEIGH.
ALDERMEN.
Ward 1— ALBERT A. PERKINS.
Ward 2— SAMUEL A. SEAVEY.
Ward 3— FREEMAN A. HUSSEY.
Ward 4— MICHAEL P. FLANAGAN.
Ward 5- FRANK E. LIBBY.
COUNCILMKN.
President— CYRUS FREEMAN.
Clerk— GEORGE F. HILL.
Ward 1— PHILIP H. STILES,
DANIEL HODSDON,
WILLIAM E. BEDELL.
Ward 2— CHARLES H. HARMON,
FREDERICK C. PEARSON,
CYRUS FREEMAN.
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Ward 3— EDWARD A. SMITH,
OCTAVE DEMERS,
GEORGE E. HANSON.
Ward 4— JOHN MURRAY,
FRANK DION,
CHARLES E. BROWN.
Ward 5— JAMES A. KEARNS,
DANIEL A. WHITEHOUSE,
MOSES H. PRAY.
TREASURER.
ALMON D. TOLLES.
CITY SOLICITOR.
DAVID R. PIERCE.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
JOHN P. STEVENS.
SANITARY OFFICER.
NOAH S. BROWN.
CITY PHYSICIAN.
CHARLES E. SWASEY, M. D.
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OVERSEER OF THE POOR.
WILLIAM B. MARTIN.
STREET COMMISSIONER.
HOWARD M. HANSON.
ASSESSORS.
DANIEL WING ATE,
ELDORUS B. WHITE,
JOSEPH LIBBY.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Marshal— JAMES G. HOUSTON.
Assistant Marshal — CHARLES C. ALLARD,
Night Watchman— JOHN C. BURKE.
FIRE department.
Chief Engineer— JAMES S. Mc DANIEL.
Assistant Engineers— CHARLES H. PLUMMER.
SAMUEL D. EDGERLY.
HENRY DUFORD.
LEWIS E. MELLEN.
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
President— CHARLES E. SWASEY, M. D.,
Secretary— NOAH 8. BROWN,
WILLIAM B. MARTIN.
INSPECTOR OF OIL.
WILLIAM F. HESTER.
WEIGHERS OF HAY, COAL, ETC.
HARRY. H REMICK,
BENJAMIN F. HANSON,
JAMES K. RICHARDS,
BENJAMIN F. HILL,
JAMES A. LOCKE,
ALBERT K. J. IIURD.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
HILARION GASTONGUAY.
CITY MESSENGER.
CHARLES 0. RANK INS
SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER AND BARK.
LEAVITT C. HORNE,
HIRAM HORNE,
BENJAMIN F. HILL.
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CITY LIQUOR AGENT.
LOUIS JACQUES.
FISH AND GAME WARDEN.
EDWIN W. FOLSOM.
FENCE VIEWER.
HIRAM HORNE.
POLICE JUSTICE.
WILLIAM D. KNAPP.
FOREST GLADE CEMETERY.
TRUSTEES.
JESSE R. HORNE, Term expires 1895
EDWIN R. BARTLETT, " " 1896
WILLIAM F. HARMON, " " 1897
WILLIAM D KNAPP, " " 1898
.JAMES A. EDGERLY, " '< 1899
SuPERiifTEjiDENT— WILLIAM B. MARTIN.
Joint Standing Committees 1894.
Finance — The Mayor, Perkins, Hodsdon and Kearns.
Claims and Accounts — Libby, Harmon and Murray.
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Public Biiildhir/s — Seavey, Hanson and Bedell.
Bridges — Perkins, Smith and Brown.
Streets, Sewers and Drains — Seavey, Stiles and Dion.
Fire Department — Ilussey, Flodsdon and Whitehouse.
Ordinances — Hussey, Stiles and Murray.
Lights — Flanagan, Demers and Pray.
Printing — Libby, Pearson and Dion.
WARD OFFICERS.
MODERATORS.
Ward 1— CHAPLES 1\I. DORP.
Ward2—A\M0^ D. TOLLES.
Ward 3— HERBERT DAVIS.
Ward 4— DANIEL CRONIN.
Ward 5— FRA^^K E. LIBBY.
SELECTMEN.
Ward 1— CHARLES CODING.
WILLIAM POTVIN.
HENRY A. COBB.
Ward 2— WILLIAM B. MARTIN.
WALTER L. BUTTERFIELD.
ALPHEUS L. FAUNCE.
Ward 3— DANIEL WING ATE.
ISAIAH D. CORLISS.
OSWALD GASTONGUAY.
Ward 4— CHARLES H. CROCKETT.
FRANK BEAMISH.
JOSEPH E. LABONTE.
Ward 5— JOSEPH P. CHESLEY.
CLEMENT HAM, Jr.
LOUIS BOULE.
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WARD CLEKKS.
FFartZ 1— ALBERT E. STEVENS.
Ward 2— FRANK G. CHAPMAN.
Ward 3— ALBERT E. J HURD.
Ward 4:—L0VlS RENARD.
Ward 5— EDWIN F. RICHMOND.
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER
OF THE
CITY OF SOMERSWORTH.
Approved February 21, I895.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
In the year of our Lord one thousand eight liundred and ninety-
five. An Act to amend tlie Charter of the
City of Somersworth.
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court Convened :
Sectiox 1. Strike out section six of said Charter and sub-
stitute in place thereof the following: ''Section 6. Said board
shall be in session at such places as they shall designate for the
purpose of revising and correcting the lists of voters at least
four days for state and three days for other elections, within
ten days next preceding the day of election, the first day of
such sessions to be at least six days before the day of election,
another to be within the week next preceding, and the last to
be the day next preceding the day of election. The duration of
said sessions to aggregate at least twenty-four hours for state
and eighteen hours for other elections, and said sessions shall
begin not earlier than nine o'clock in the forenoon and con-
tinue not later than ten o'clock in the evening; provided, that
on the day preceding the day of election the session shall close
not later than five o'clock in the afternoon,' Notice of the day,
hour, and place of each session shall be given upon the posted
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check-lists. No name shall be added to said lists after the last
meeting, except such as may have been left off through mistake,
and not then unless the supervisors clearly knew before the list
was made and corrected that the name thus omitted legally
belonged upon it. In the preparation of such lists, said board
of supervisors shall have all the power granted, and perform all
tlie duties prescribed in sections seven, eight, nine, and ten of
chapter thirty-two of the Public Statutes.
Said board may require any person applying for registration
to submit to an examination, under oath, as to his right, by the
board, and any member may administer the oath, and any false
swearing by the applicant upon such examination shall be per-
jury and be punished accordingly.
In case it shall appear that any person applying to be regis-
tered will attain his majority after the last session of the board,
and on the day of election, he shall be registered as a voter, if
otherwise qualified.
Sect. 2. Strike out section 8 of said charter and substitute
in place thereof the following: "Section 8. Said supervisors
shall be in session on election days, at such a place as they
shall designate, from nine o'clock in the morning until noon,
and from two o'clock until three in the afternoon, so that in
case the name of any person has been omitted from the check-
list and who, the supervisors are satisfied, is a legal voter in
some ward in this city, the supervisors shall issue a certificate
to that effect, signed by a majority of the board. Said voter
shall present said certificate to the moderator who shall receive
his vote, and the ward clerk shall check the name of the person
so voing on the back of* said certificate and shall return the
same to the city clerk with the check-lists.
Sect. 3. Section 15 of said charter is hereby amended by
striking out the words "board of aldermen" and inserting in
place thereof the words "city councils in convention" and by
striking out the words "office by any ward" and inserting in
place thereof the words "ward offices," so that said section as
amended shall read "Section 15, All votes cast at municipal
elections shall be preserved by the city clerk for sixty days.
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with the seals unbroken, except that they shall be subject, dur-
ing that time, to the examination of either branch of the city-
government in determining the election of its own members;
and the city councils in conventioQ shall have power to decide
all cases of contested elections of persons chosen to ward offices^
and for that purpose, shall have power to examine the votes
preserved as above, and shall proceed to recount the votes upon
demand therefor, made within sixty days by any person voted
for at such election.
Sect. 4. Strike out section 18 and substitute in place
thereof the following: ''Section 18. The city councils first
elected under this act shall in the month of March; and as
soon after their first meeting as convenient, in convention, elect
three persons, legal voters of said city, to constitute a board of
assessors, one to serve for the term of one year, one for the
term of two years, and one for the term of three years, and
thereafter the city councils shall annually in the mouth of
March, and after the third Tuesday therein, elect one such per-
son to serve as a member of said board for the term of three
years. The city councils shall at the times fixed by ordinance
for that purpose meet in convention and by joint ballot and
major vore elect a city treasurer, a chief engineer and assist-
ant engineers of the fire department, a street commissioner, a
city solicitor, city physician, tax collector, city marshal, assistant
marshal, such police officers and other officers as may be pro-
vided for by ordinance, and elect all other officers necessary
for the good government of the city, who are not chosen in the
ward meeting or otherwise appointed by law. The adminis-
tration of police shall be under the direction of the city councils.
The city councils shall have power to prescribe the duties
and fix the compensation of all officers elected or appointed by
them, and may remove any officer so elected or appointed at
the pleasure of said city councils, unless his term of office is
fixed by this act.
Sect. 5. Section 20 of said charter is hereby amended by
adding at the close thereof the following words.- "And said
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school board shall annually on the fifteenth day of February
make a full and detailed report to the city councils of the con-
dition of the schools of said city, an itemized account of the ex.
pense of the same, and a statement of all official acts of the
board during the preceding year," so that said section as
amended shall read: Section 20. The general management and
control of the public schools in said city, and of the buildings
and other property pertaining thereto, shall be vested in a
school board consisting of nine members, who shall have the
powers, perform the duties, and be subject to the liabilities per-
taining to school boards of towns except wherein a different in-
tention appears; but all bills, notes and demands, made or con-
tracted for school purposes, shall be paid from the city treasury,
and said school board shall annually, on the fifteenth day of
February, make a full and detailed report to the city councils of
the condition of the schools of said city, an itemized account of
the expense of the same, and a statement of all official acts of
the board during the preceding year."
Sect. 6. Strike out section 24 of said charter and substi-
tute in place thereof the following: "Section 24. The justice
of said court shall receive for his services an annual salary of
five hundred dollars, which sum shall be in full for all services
rendered by him as justice of said court; he shall account for
and pay over to the city treasurer, quarterly, all fees, costs,
fines, and forfeitures received by him. The city councils shall
annually in the month of March, fix the compensation of the
clerk of said court for the ensuing year, who shall be forthwith
appointed by said justice. Said compensation shall be in full
for all services rendered by said clerk, and all fees received by
him as clerk shall be turned over monthly to the city treasurer.''
Sect. 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
STEPHEN S. JEWETT,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
FRANK W. ROLLINS, President of the Senate.
Approved February 21, 1895.
CHARLES A. BUSIEL, Governor.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED DURING YEAR.
CHANDLER LEGACY.
Resolved by the Board of Mayor and Alderwen, the Common
Council Concurring^ That the City Treasurer be instructed to
place on deposit in the Somersworth Savings Bank all sums of
money received from the administrator of the estate of Isaac
Chandler late of Somersworth, deceased, as legacies or bequests
under said Chandler's will, and payable to said city by order of
court as trustee.
Passed April 10, 1894.
ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.
To the City Councils of Somersworth: —
Your Joint Standing Committee on Finance, to whom was
referred the matter of submitting appropriations necessary for
the support of the several departments of the city for the ensu-
ing year, would report that they have given the matter their
attention and have taken into consideration the sums likely to
be received from the state during the year, and would recom-
mend that there be appropriated:
From the amount received from dog licenses for 1803, and
from sums to be received from the state, including the Literary
Fund for 1894,
For the support of public schools, $ 7,000
Also, from sums to be received from the state.
For Highways, 1,000
Lights, 1,000
Salaries, ' 2,000
$11,000
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Your coniQiittee would further recommend that the city raise
fifty-two thousand dollars ($52,000) and appropriate it as fol-
lows:
For Schools, $10,500
Highwa3''s, including repairs to streets
in "Brickyard District," 3,500
Police, 600
Fire Department, 3,300
Paupers. 500
Soldiers' Aid, 200
Interest, 3^500
Decorating Soldiers' Graves, 150
Lights, 3,320
County Tax, 10,890.30
State Tax, 7,115
Salaries, 4,000
Sidewalks, repairs, 1,000
School Note, 2,000
Extension of Myrtle street, including
land damages assessed by County
Commissioners, 650
Miscellaneous, 774.70
152,000.
Respectfully submitted,
Chris. H. Wells,
A. A. Perkins,
Daniel Hodsdox,
James A. Kearns,
Joint Standing Committee on Finance.
Resolved, Etc., That the city raise and appropriate the sum
of fifty-two thousand dollars ($52,000.00) in accordance with
the recommendation of the Joint Standing Committee on Fi-
nance.
Passed May 22, 1894.
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APPROPRIATION FOR SUPT. MARTIN.
Resolved, Etc., That there be appropriated from the money
in the city treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
five hundred thirty three dollars and twenty-four cents (#533.-
24) to pay the bill of W. B. Martin for balance due on services
rendered for 1892-3.
Passed May 29, 1894.
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION, POLICE STATION.
Resolved, Etc., That there be appropriated from moneys in
the city treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $300
for the purpose of putting in water closets in the police station,
a new furnace in city hall, and painting and papering the
police court room; and the committee on Public Buildings is
hereby authorized to make these repairs at once.
Passed June 5, 1895.
RELAYING MAIN STREET SIDEWALK.
Resolved, Etc., That the matter of relaying the sidewalk
on the westerly side of Main street be referred to the Commit-
tee on Streets, Sewers and Drains, with authority to proceed
with the work as they see fit.
Passed June 12, 1894.
ROAD MACHINE AND STONE CRUSHER.
Resolved, Etc., That there be appropriated from moneys in
the city treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five
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hundred dollars ($500 00) the same to be applied as follows:
For a Road Machine, $250
Cylinder Screen, 100
Repairing roof, building platform and
bins, crusher house, 150
And the Committee on Streets, Sewers and Drains is hereby
authorized to make these purchases and repairs at once.
Passed June 12, 1894.
AUTHORIZING WATER COMMITTEE TO EMPLOY
ENGINEER.
Resolved, Etc., That the Joint Special Committee on Sew-
erage and Water Supply be given authority to employ an en-
gineer or expert on matters of aqueduct systems, as requested
in their report made this date.
Passed June 26, 1894.
SEWER, BRICKYARD DISTRICT.
SoMEKswoRTH, N. H , May 18, 1894.
To the City Councils of the City of Somersworth:
We the undersigned would petition your honorable body for a
sewer to connect with the sewer on the Indigo hill road com-
mencing at or near the residence of Frank Burk on Second street,
a distance of about five hundred feet. Signed by Cyrille Reneaud
and 17 others.
Resolved, Etc., That the sum of five hundred and fifty dol-
lars ($550) be appropriated from monies in the treasury, not
otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of constructing a sewer
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in accordance with the accompanying petition, or in such nt^an-
ner as the Committee on Streettj, Sewers and Drains may deem
advisable.
Passed Sept. 11, 1894.
PURCHASE OF HOSE.
To the City Councils of Somerswovth:
Your joint standing committee on fire department to whom
the communication of the chief engineer of June 26th was re-
ferred would offer the following report: That they have made
careful examination, and believe in their best judgment that
the present supply of hose is not sufficient and would therefore
recommend that the communication be accepted and that 1,000
feet of 2 1-2 in. jacket rubber lined hose be purchased, 500 feet
for No. 1 and 500 feet for No. 4 engine company.
F. A. HussEY,
Daniel Hodsdon,
Daniel A. Whitehouse,
Committee on Fire Department.
Resolved, Etc., That the Report be accepted and the recom-
mendation adopted, and that the sum of six hundred dollars be
appropriated to the purchase of the hose. The said amount to
be taken from money not otherwise appropriated.
Passed Oct. 2, 1894.
REFUNDING CITY DEBT.
To the City Councils:
Your committee to whom was referred so much of the Mayor's
message as relates to refunding the city debt would respectfully
report that they have given the subject careful consideration.
In view of the fact that expenditures for water and sewers
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ai-e in prospect in the immediate future, and that therefore the
city debt will be increased to a considerable extent, your com-
tnittee thinks it will, under the circumstances, be advisable to
await whatever increase there may be in the city debt from the
consummation of the above purposes, and then fund the entire
debt on a long time basis, which would secure the highest pre-
mium on the lowest marketable rate of interest. If short time
bonds — say five-fifteen optionals — should be issued, the pre-
mium would barely cover the cost of is<ue. The lowest rate at
which a three, or five year loan could be floated is four per
cent. Therefore your committee are of the opinion, and would
recommend, that a temporary loan be effected with some bank-
ing institution, giving therefor the note of the city due in the
regular banking period of six months, at a rate of interest not
exceeding four per cent per annum. Your committee would
recommend a loan sufficient to include all the floating indebted-
ness of the city except the school notes which are due at stated
periods. Your committee would further recommend that this
committee be instructed to effect a loan as above indicated.
Chris H. Wells,
A. A. Pekkins,
James A. Kearns,
Joint Standing Committee on Finance.
Somersworth, July 31, 1894.
Resolved, Etc., That the city hire of the Somersworth
Savings Bank the sum of sixty-four thousand seven hundred
dollars ($64,700) on a six month's note, at a rate of interest
not to exceed four per cent per annum, for the purpose of pay-
ing and retiring the outstanding notes and indebtedness of the
city already matured, and the joint standing committee on fi-
nance is hereby authorized to negotiate said loan.
Passed Oct. 2, 1894.
To the City Councils:
Your joint special committee, to whom was referred the
matter of placing a loan of $64,700 in behalf of the city of
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Somersworth, for the purpose of funding the debt of the city at
a lower rate of interest, would respectfully report that they
have attended to their duty in this regard and have negotiated
said loan of $64,700 with the Somersworth Savings Bank, on a
six mouth's note at four per cent, interest per annum.
Chris. II. Wells,
B'or the Committee.
Somersworth, October 16, 1894.
APPEOPEIATION FOR LAYING WATER PIPE.
Resolved, Etc., That the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars
($750) be appropriated, from moneys in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of laying a water pipe
called fur in the petition of John N. Haines and others, and
which was recommended by the committee on streets, sewers
and drains, in their report of April 17, 1894.
Passed Oct. 16, 1894.
SNOW PLOWS.
Resolved, Etc., That there be appropriated from moneys in
the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hun-
dred twenty-five dollars ($225) to pay for three (3) snow plows
purchased by the Joint Standing Committee on Streets.
Passed Jan. 22, 1895.
TRANSFER OF MONEYS.
Resolved, Etc., That there be passed to the credit of the
school board, the net amount of the dog tax for the last 3'ear,
also the sum of $123.50. same being the receipts of the school
board from sales of books, breakage, etc.
Passed Feb. 19, 1895.
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MARKET STREET BRIDGE.
To the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and Common Council : —
The Joint Standing Committee on Bridges beg leave to
report that, on examination of the Market Street Bridge, we
find it in a very unsafe condition, and would recommend it be
replaced by a solid steel and asphalt structure without delay.
A. A. Pekkins,
E. A. Smith,
Standing Committee on Bridges.
Somers worth, May 22, 1894.
Resolved, Etc., That the Joint Committee on Bridges be
instructed to procure designs and bids, from such responsible
bridge companies as desire to present them, for a steel bridge
with asphalt and concrete bed, to replace the Market Street
Bridge,, and report in relation thereto, and lay said designs and
bids before the City Councils as soon as is practicable.
To the City Councils: —
Your committee, to whom was referred the matter of designs
and proposals for a new iron bridge over the Somersworth side
of the Salmon Falls river, would respectfully report that they
have procured designs and proposals from several bridge build-
ing companies, which are submitted herewith for the considera-
tion of the City Councils. Your committee would recommend
that the designs and proposals of the Boston Bridge Company
be accepted, and that a contract be made with said company, as
soon as practicable, for the construction of said bridge, in
accordance with their plans and specifications.
A. A. Pekkins,
E. A. Smith,
Chas. E. Brown,
Joint Standing Committee on Bridges.
Somersworth, June 8, 1894.
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Resolved, Etc., That the contract for building the bridge
over the Somersworth side of the Salmon Falls river be awarded
to the Boston Bridge Con.pany, and that the joint standing
committee be instructed to have drawn up and signed by said
Boston Bridge Company, a written contract in accordance with
the plans and specifications presented by said company, for
ratification by the City Councils, as soon as practicable.
Passed June 12, 1894.
Resolved, Etc., That the Mayor be authorized on behalf of
the city, to sign the contract for a bridge with the Boston
Bridge Company, as approved by the Joint Committee on
Bridges.
Passed June 19, 1894.
Resolved, Etc., That the contract between the Boston Bridge
Works and the City of Somersworth, as presented and approved
by the Joint Standing Committee on Bridges, be and the same
is herebj^ ratified.
Passed June 26, 1894.
To the City Councils of the City of Somersworth : —
The Joint Standing Committee on Bridges, having the build-
ing of the new steel and concrete bridge at Market Street in
charge, beg leave to report : That the Boston Bridge Works.
D. H. Andrews, proprietor, have completed the same in accord-
ance with the plans, specifications and contract, under date of
June 13, 1894, except as to date of completion and guarantee
against all cost of repairs of the concrete for the term of five
years. Respectfully submitted,
A. A. Perkins,
E, A. Smith.
Chas. E. Brown,
Committee.
Resolved, Etc., That the new steel bridge over the Somers-
worth side of the Salmon Falls river be accepted, except as to
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certain fences, which need to be straightened, and as to the
part of the bridge wliich abuts the middle end of the Berwick
bridge, and which, in the opinion of these bodies, needs an iron
dam ill order to hold the asphalt permanently in place. The
Joint Standing Committee on Bridges is hereby authorized to
linally accept, on behalf of the city, said bridge, when said
changes have been made, or such other changes, in lieu of any
of them, as may be satisfactory to said committee.
Passed November 28^-1894.
Somersworth, N. H., December 18, 1894.
To the Board of Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council : —
The Joint Standing Committee on Bridges report: That the
Berwick Bridge is completed as per plans, specifications and
contract, by the Boston Bridge Works, D. H. Andrews, propri-
etor, and there is due said. Bridge Works, the sum of sixty-seven
hundred thirty-seven dollars. Your committee recommend the
payment of the same.
A. A. Perkins,
E. A. Smith,
Chas. E. Brown,
Committee.
Resolved, Etc., That the city hire the sura of seven thousand
dollars ($7,000.00), at a rate of interest not to exceed four per
cent, per annum, for such a time as the finance committee shall
deem best, and said Joint Standing Committee on Finance is
hereby authorized to negotiate said loan.
Passed November 28, 1894.
To the City Councils of Somersworth : —
Gentlemen : — Your Joint Standing Committee on Finance,
to whom was referred the matter of negotiating a loan of seven
thousand dollars ($7,000), with which to pay for the construc-
tion of the new steel bridge, would respectfully report that they
have attended to the same and have negotiated a loan for said
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snm with tlie Somersvvortli Savings Bank, payable in six
months, with interest at four per cent, per annum.
Chris. H. AYells,
A. A. Perkins,
James A. Kearns,
Daniel Hodsdon,
Joint Standing Committee on Finance.
January 11, 189o.
Resolved, Etc., That the bill of the Boston Bridge Works
for $6,737 00 be, and the same hereby is, approved, and that it
be paid out of the $7,000 loan authorized by these bodies at
their meeting of November 28th last.
Passed December 18, 1894.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
DURING THE YEAR ENDING
MARCH 1, 1895.
REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS.
STATEMENT
As Made Up From the Books of the City Clerk.
PRIOR BILLS.
Jacques Bros., goods to Patrick Malley, $ 2 00
" " Celia Conley, 2 25
" " Ann Cullen, 1 25
E. A. Tibbets & Son, packing, - 1 88
V. M. Newcomb, Board of Health, 14 50
A. D. Tolles. treasurer, 66 d6
John Murray, police, 4 00
Joseph Gregoire, meat to G. Laclare, 14 39
G. Cormier, milk to " 4 25
Dr. A G. Bichard, att. " 23 00
J. Bickford, rent " 6 50
Joseph Bolduc, teams, 7 00
A. Thwing, supplies, 3 25
0. Demers, goods to Joseph Bolduc, 5 00
Great Falls Gas Co., gas, 8 60
J. B. Stanton, repairing fence, 2 50
Geo. W. Farnham, labor, 3 00
Guy H. Locke, taking care town clock, 20 00
*' ward clerk, 5 50
F. G. Chapman, " 6 50
W. L. Duclow, " 7 00
M. P. Flanagan, moderator, 4 00
Daniel Wingate, selectman, 4 00
J. W. Curley, ward clerk, 4 00
C. F. Crockett, selectman, 4 00
C. H. Wells, auditor, 5 00
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C. F. Blake, auditor, $ 5 00
« pipe, 8 00
$243 03
By special appropriation from transfer account, $243 03
SALARIES.
Christopher H. Wells, mayor, $200 00
F. L. Shapleigh, city clerk, 300 00
D. R. Pierce, city solicitor, 200 00
A. D. Tolles, treasurer. 200 00
E. B. White, assessor, ^ 130 00
Daniel Wingate. " * 100 00
Joseph Libby, " 60 00
Howard M. Hanson, assessor, 40 00
C. E. Swasey, city physician, in part, 50 00
John P. Stevens, tax-collector, 797 61
•' street commissioner, 77 90
James G. Houston, city marshal, 531 25
Patrick Quinlan, city marshal, 50 00
Louis Letendre, police, 50 00
C. C. Bunker, " 50 00
C. C. Allard, " 581 25
John C. Burke, "^ 550 00
C. H. Locke, " 197 50
Joseph Berube, special police, 157 00
Alfred Heon, " " 144 00
J. S. McDaniel, '' " 18 00
W. F. Hester, " '' 15 00
Joseph Wiggin, '' " 8 00
Joseph Rousseau, " " 2 00
John Elwell, " " 18 00
Albert Jones, " " . 8 00
L. B. Lecatur, « " 3 00
Ernest Turcotte, " " 2 00
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Wm Daveau, special police, $ 2 00
James Brunelle, " " 2 00
Lewis Keul, " " 2 00
John P. Stevens, " '• 4 00
Joseph Beriibe, " " 8 00
John E. Horlor, " " 2 00
John Gillispee, " " 2 00
Patrick Flanagan, " •' 2 00
Joseph Brooks, " " 2 00
Patrick Quinlan, <' " 2 00
Peter Perreault, " '' 2 00
James H. Joyce, " " 2 00
James McKone, " " 2 00
Timothy Haley, « " 2 00
Pierce Mullen, " " 2 00
Archie Plant, " '• 2 00
John Dunn, " " 2 00
William B. Martin, overseer of poor, 66 67
Geo. F. Hill, clerk of common council, in part, 37 50
H. M. Hanson, street commissioner, 658 44
C. 0. Rankins, city messenger, 125 00
Noah S. Brown, sanitary officer, 159 99
Louis Jacques, liquor agent, 10 00
Fred Weisner, supervisor, 15 00
Geo. F. Symes, " 15 00
H. M. Hanson, " 15 00
M. A. Kearns, " 15 00
S. Carignan, " 15 00
A. E. J. Hurd, ward clerk, 4 00
W. J. Fountain, moderator, 4 00
Geo. E. Hanson, " 4 00
A. D. Tolles, " 4 00
J. C. Bunker, " 4 00
Joseph Joyal, janitor, 8 65
Michael Riley, " 4 00
William Wilson, " 4 00
M. Riley, « 4 00
4G
C. W. Joy, janitor,
W. L. Butterfield. selectman,
Oswald Gaston guay, "
Herbert Davis, "
W. B. Martin, ''
A L. Fan nee. "
Paul A. Rainville, "
James E. Crawford, ''
C. M. Robinson, ''
J. W. Curley, election inspector,
Adolph Drapeau, "
L. D. easier,
Eoy H. Locke, ''
R. A. Quance, "
F. W. Garland. "
Eugene Burke, ''
Vital Lamb, "■
W. S. Willey,
James W.Wallace"
Alfred Boucher, "
Archie Houle, "
T. Ritchie, "
Timothy Sullivan"
J. A. Kearns, "
John Dunn, "
J. W. Vermette, "
W. H. Wingate, "
Unexpended balance,
Appro^jriation,
$4 00
4 00
8 00
4 00
12 00
4 00
4 00
4 00
8 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 (10
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
5,861 76
138 24
3,000 00
5,000 00
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POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Kicbards & Co., coal,
Great Falls Gas Co., gas,
B. F. Hanson, teams,
S. E. Pattee, "
W. F Harmon, "
J. G. Houston, feeding prisoners,
C. C. Allard, " "
Patrick Quinlan, " "
•' " expense to Concord,
C. C. Allard, " "
S. A. Seavey, supplies,
Wm. Sjmes & Son, supplies,
Daniel Hodsdon, "
E. W. Folsom, badges,
Wm. H. Hartford, fee,
B. Etter, pictures,
A Carter & Son, carpet,
F. E. Libbj, expense to Boston,
E. F. Quimby, labor,
G. Alton Priestley,
Siraonds & Co , buttons,
W. W. Nason, use of telephone,
V. M. Newcomb, services,
L. E Grant, "
Henry Burke, fee,
J. F. Peavey, arresting for truancy,
Wm Boudreau, cartage,
S. P. Horn, screen,
Patrick Schail, care of station,
L. Charette, labor,
J. S. McDaniel, conveyance to jail and county farm,
Count}^ of Strafford, board of prisoners.
Napoleon Gilbert, labor,
$ 62 24
53 20
88 00
14 50
1 50
10 50
7 75
4 25
7 40
13 35
18 75
4 95
9 10
13 50
2 62
3 00
5 00
10 80
1 70
1 00
154
9 30
5 00
7 00
77
13 10
75
1 00
2 00
2 00
8 44
382 61
3 00
1770 21
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Appropriation, $ 600 00
Special appropriation from transfer account, 170 21
$770 21
FIRE DP:PAIiTMP:NT.
Conqueror Engine Co., pay-roll, $537 50
Deluge Hose Co , '•' 321 25
Alert Hose Co., " 343 75
Deluge Engine Co., " 810 00
Rescue Hook and Ladder Co., pay roll, 317 50
J. S. McDaniel. chief engineer, 25 00
C. H. Plumnier, assistant engineer, 15 00
Henry Duford, " " 15 00
i.. E. Mellen, " " 15 UO
S. D. Edgerly, " " 15 00
Richards & Co., coal, 49 05
Daniel Hodsdon, labor and supplies, 194 81
Great Falls Gas Co., gas, 6 54
Geo. E. Hanson, labor, 177 53
S. A. Seavey, supplies, 47 36
Great Falls Manufacturing Co , supplies, 4 00
J. R. Ilorne, lumber, 118 94
Wm. Wilson, labor, 2 00
Joseph .loyal. " 2 00
Dudley Cheney, watching engine house, 2 00
F. H. Chase, «' " " 2 00
George Moore, supplies. 8 02
Wm. Wilson, labor, 2 00
W. J. Ilickey, " 6 75
James Collins " 2 25
W. F. Harmon, team, 3 00
M. Riley, watching engine house, 10 00
N. S. Brown, lettering coats, . 2 25
J. S. McDaniel, freight, 4 26
P. A. Rainville, labor, 4 30
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W. D. Merrick, labor,
Wm. Wilson, watcliing engine house,
M Hanagan, " " ''
M. Kiley, " " '-
C. H. Sanborn, " " "
C. CaSIahan & Co., supplies,
Great Falls Manufacturing Co., supplies,
E. J Goldthwaite, covers,
Somersworth Machine Co., supplies,
Charles Davis, splicing rope,
Wm. Wilson, painting,
David Wingate, glass,
Wm. Symes & Son, supplies,
M. S. Perkins, labor,
Francis Ledoux, concrete,
L. B. Decatur, labor,
S. D. Edgerly, "
J. S. McDaniel, hauling hose,
H. Boufford, " "
H. Gleason, " "
Peter Guilmet, " "
Joseph Vachon, " "
M. Prue, " -'
Frank Bernier, "' "
J. S. McDaniel, " "
H. Boufford, '
M. Prue, '• "
A, Burnette, " "
Frank Bernier, " "
Joseph Vachon, hauling engine,
James Mack, watching fire,
Fred Weisner, *' ''
John Neddo, '' "
Oscar Lord, " "
Stephen Collins, " "
J. E. Winn, " "
Thomas Jacques, " '•
; 5 65
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
53 40
18 32
3 50
7 40
2 00
14 30
80
80
7 55
3 90
4 00
2 50
4 50
2 00
1 00
1 00
2 00
100
1 00
1 00
2 00
100
1 00
1 00
2 00
4 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
4 00
6 00
50
John Kershaw, watching fire,
Patrick Bohan, " "
John E. Mills, " "
J. D. Corliss, "
Chas. Worster, " •'
Chas. Mitchell, " "
L. C. Miles, "
Frank Garland, " "
Patrick Quinlan, " ''
John Donahue, " "
M. Leary, " "
T. Sullivan, " "
Fred Langley, '' "
Fred Langley, care hydrants,
Appropriation,
Special appropriation from transfer account,
$ 4 00
4 00
4 (10
2 00
6 00
4 00
2 OO
2 OO
8 00
2 00
2 UO
2 00
2 00
16 50
$3,306 18
$3 300 00
6 IS
$3,3U6 18
:miscp:llaneous.
Morgan & Grossman, supplies, $ 4 00
Great Falls Gas Co , gas, 168 51
C. H Wells, printing and advertising, 295 33
F. L. Shap'eigh, printing. 4(5 75
M. J. Donahue, meals, election day, 50 00
W. D. Knapp, writing historical sketch, 300 00
'' " salary, justice of police court and fees, 767 45
" '' u<lvice to mayor, 2 00
J. S. McDaniel, flushing sewers, 13 50
Somersworth post-office, stamps and envelopes, 40 68
Daniel Hodsdon. labor, 3 55
E, B. Lane, book, 1 42
51
F, L. Shapleigh, cash paid out for express, ^ 1 50
Littlefield Directory Co , 2 00
E. A. Smith, cash paid out on bridge, 3 25
Geo. E. Hanson, labor, 2 60
B. & M. H. R., car fare to Worcester, 2 88
Geo. A. Pinkham, labor, -37 i! 5
Sadie P. Thompson, tj'pewriting, 4 00
Daniel Hodsdon, labor, 17 67
H. R. Thurston, surveying, 4 56
R. W. Shapleigh, " 15 75
Geo. E. Hanson, labor, 41 53
A. Thwing, supplies, 12 92
C. H. Harmon, '^ 1 95
Wm Symes & Son, supplies, 1 05
B. F. Cheney, burying nuisance, 2 00
Wm. Deveau, " " I 00
M. Prue, u i. I 00
J. W. Leary, " " 1 00
Everett Libby, " " 1 00
James Mack, flushing sewers, 1 50
T. Fellion, " " 1 50
J. Ma( 1<, Jr., '> »' 7 50
Geo. Richmond," " 6 00
Patrick Bohan, " " 4 50
H. Gillispee, " " 1 50
Register of deeds, ex. records, 2 00
W. F. Hester, oil tester, 20 00
E. B. Lane, book, 1 50
Richards & Co., coal, 73 85
John D. Pattee, team, 1 50
W F. Harmon, team, 2 50
A. T. Kidder, watering trough, 6 00
H. C. Noyes, land rent, 35 00
E. W. Hanson, making list of sewer connections, 9 OO
A. C Freeman, city seal, 25 00
Estate John Emery, blocks, 3 20
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W H. Win gate, team, $ 3 50
E. S. Wood, services on water, 22 50
Charles Drapeau. jugs, 1 05
F. C. Belleville, interpreter, 9 75
F. L. Shapleigh, expense to Concord, 3 95
W. F. Hester, labor, 2 00
M. Houland, " '2 00
Great Falls Manufacturing Co., use of stand-pipe, 200 00
V. M. Newconib, reporting births and deaths, 4 75
A. G. Richard, " " ' 17 50
C. E. Swasey, " " " 15 50
L. E. Grant, " " " 9 50
Philomene Aniyot, " " " 7 00
C. N Stevens, '• " " 75
A L. B^aunce, » u u j^ qq
N. Leduc, " " " 18 50
F. L. Shapleigh, lecording births and deaths, 61 05
'' '• sending copy of births anil deaths to
Secretary ot State. 61 05
Great Falls Manufacturing Co, supplies, 3 08
W. E. Wiggin, meals, election (hiy, 37 dO
W. M Chesley, labor, 15 87
E S. Stearns, copy amendment to city charter, 7 50
C. P. Kinsman, drawing jurors '93, 2 50
W. F. Harmon, tax-collector, 1893, 832 35
N. S. Brown, signs, postage, etc., 15 45
W. F. Hester, labor, 2 00
W. B. Martin, balance due for services for 92 and '93, 533 24
S. M. Spencer & Co., stamps, 84
Wm. Wheeler, services on water supply, 303 18
E. P. Pierce, storing tools, 5 00
S. Hobbs & Co., city seal. 42 00
Republican Press Association, printing and books, 421 10
G. H. Stewart, burying nuisance, 1 00
M. Prue, cartage, 2 00
A. E. Hodges, distributing inventory blanks, 5 00
Crawford ToUes & Co , insurance, 10 00
53
S. A. Seavey, supplies,
A. D. Tolles, expense to Concord,
S. P. Home, labor,
Ldward Blooniey, meals, election day,
B. & M. R. R., fare to Exeter,
American Express Co., express.
Day & Co., express.
State Industrial School, board of Millie Sullivan and
Clias. Frye,
PAID BY ORDER OF THE BO.\RD OF HEALTH,
ON ACCOUNT OF DIPHTHERIA.
Clark & i!^utter, supplies,
W . E. Grovenor, meat to Leach and Nason families,
Ed. Poulin, groceries to T. Bilodeau,
" •' Chas. Wilbur,
Joseph Dion, " Ed. Perreault,
" '• Pierre Fleurie,
P. L. Morau, '' Pierce Mullen,
" '• " Harry Chick,
'" " '' Dennis Duggin,
" " " Jeremiah Sullivan,
" " " Patrick Mitchell,
'• *' " Martin Hall,
C. F. Blake, " Mrs. Williams,
'• '■ ■' Peter McDonald,
'' " " Chas. W. Clark,
" " " Bertha Allen,
P. Chabot,
A. Boucher,
Alex Stone,
Joseph Emond,
J. Rainville,
G. Gregoire,
Alex Bergeron,
Mrs. Gregoire,
0. Vanasse,
Frank Drapeau,
f 39 18
4 05
6 58
9 00
52
13 19
75
60 43
11 12
6 99
8 41
11 65
15 52
7 00
8 92
4 07
30 96
4 13
11 31
10 23
5 01
12 60
7 72
7 88
4 22
5 51
56 40
18 45
10 50
4 21
4 54
11 76
23 36
54
W. F. Libbj, meat to Mrs. Schail,
" " '•' Dennis Diiggin,
Frank Dion, groceries to E. Nason,
" '' S. Vaclion,
" " J. Guihnet,
Joseph Gregoire, groceries to A. St. Laurent,
" meat to S. Lucier,
'• " Patrick Mitchell,
" " Harry Chick,
0. Demers, groceries to Heniy Paul,
" P. Perreault,
" N Gamoche,
" A. Lessard,
" John Guihnet,
" A. Gagnon,
" J. Nadeau,
" Ednnmd Short,
" N. Bourque,
" Patrick Lear}',
Geo. A Frost, wood to Patrick Mitchell,
" " coal to C. H. Wilbur.
" '' wood 10 J. Eainville.
" " coal to Mrs. Allen,
" " wood to Mrs. Lebel,
" " " Mrs Schail,
" " " P Champeanx,
'* " coal to S. Lucier,
" " wood to F. Drapeau,
" '• coal to Kiiadeau family,
" '' wood to Leach family,
Richards & Co., wood to Mrs. Schail,
coal to W. Leach,
wood to Gregoire family,
" E. Nason.
coal to Dennis Duggin,
wood to Boisvert family,
'• Joseph King,
$ 6 55
5 00
IS 10
13 88
5 G7
18 27
1 93
3 02
2 71
5 77
12 30
22 12
14 83
20 64
9 70
15 62
7 18
17 59
13 45
3 63
3 13
5 25
1 60
5 u4
188
188
2 50
150
1 60
1 88
2 00
1 65
2 00
4 75
3 50
1 65
2 00
55
E. A. Smith, milk to A. St. Laurent, $ 2 15
*' " " Dennis Duggin, 3 15
A. L. Faunce, burial Guilmet clnld, 8 00
'' ■' " Mullen " 9 00
« " " Cliick " 2 25
'• " " Ganiocho " 10 00
" " " Paul " 8 00
" " '' Nadeau " 7 00
" " " Emond " 10 00
« " " Nalag " 10 00
« « " Parron " 7 00
" " " Ball " 8 50
" " " McDonald •' 10 00
" " " Paul " 9 00
" •••' '< McDonald " 10 00
L. Gregoire, " Gagnon " 8 75
« '•' St. Laurent" 8 75
" " " " H 75
" " IVrube " 8 75
" " Mercier " 10 00
" " Guilmet " , 8 75
" '' Gregoire '• 8 75
" " Fleurie "' 8 75
a u u u 8 75
'• Eainville '' H 75
" " Drapeau, " 8 75
" "• " " 8 75
a u a a g 75
" " Lucier " 8 75
" " Cliampeau " 8 75
M. P. Flanagan, nurse, groceries, etc.. 36 93
Mrs. L. Guilmet, groceries to B. Letendre, 13 68
" C. Roy, 22 96
G. J. Frechette & Co., groceries to J. Triolet, 8 62
" " <' A. St. Laurent, 18 57
George Moore, supplies, 9 25
M(jses Doran, cash paid out, 12 00
56
Mary Gagnon, nurse, $ 15 00
M. F. Geriii Lajore, anti-toxine, 36 00
Wm Potvin groceries to P. Champeau, 14 99
L. Sanville, wood to Alex Stone. 3 00
Brackett & Shaw, meat to Mrs Allen, 5 18
Stillings Bros., groceries to W. Lead), 4 91
H. M. Hanson, " Jos. Abbott, 25 70
G. Cormier, miik to F. Drapeau, 1 20
G. J. Frechette & Co.. groceries to S. Lucier, 8 29
" " " V. Lebel, 23.71
Alex Goulette, labor, 5 00
G. Cormier, milk to J. Emond, 3 30
Jos. Labonte, bread to J Emond, 1 80
L. Charette, (;artage, 2 00
Clement Ham, milk, 5 75
Mrs. Patrick Mitchell, cash paid out. 13 60
Jessie Morey, nurse, 8 75
G. A. Priestley, wood, 7 00
N. S. Brown, extra services, 50 50
C. E. Swasey, Sanitary officer from Nov. 20, '94 to
.Jan. 25, '95 32 50
C. E. Swasey, extra services, sanitary officer, to Feb.
18, '95,
N. Leduc, medical attendance,
L. E. Grant, " "
C. E. Swasey, " '•
Appropriation,
By special appropriation from transfer account,
217 50
22 50
26 00
26 50
110 00
$6,486 38
774 70
$5,711 68
5,486 36
57
CITY HALL.
Daniel Hodsdou, furnace,
$100 00
<' " water closets,
140 00
Geo. E. Hanson, repairs,
14 95
M. S. Perkins, labor.
8 00
Alex. Stewart, painting,
18 67
Daniel Ross, labor.
1 50
Henry Courtier, labor.
1 50
John Newell,
2 50
W. J. Hickey,
3 00
Unexpended balance,
9 88
$300 00
Special appropriation,
^300 00
HOSE,
C. Callahan, 1,000 feet, $546 45
Unexpended balance, 3 55
$550 00
Special appropriation, $550 00
SNOW PLOWS.
W. F. Wheeler, three snow plows, $225 00
Special appropriation, $225 00
LITTLEFIELD POST NO. 8.
H. M. Hanson, treasurer, $150 00
Appropriation, $150 00
58
DOG LICENSES.
F. G. Chapman, hens killed by dogs,
N. St. Laurent, " " "
Unexpended balance,
Dog licenses,
f 0 00
75
416 50
f 422 25
^422 25
MARKET STREET BRIDGE.
Boston Bridge Works,
Spence & Coombs, labor,
Note,
Special appropriation from transfer account.
16,787 00
341 50
$7,078 50
7,000 00
78 50
$7,078 50
STREET LIGHTS.
Consolidated Light & Power Co.,
Appropriation,
!4,320 00
;4,320 00
STATE TAX.
State treasurer,
A ppropriation.
$7,115 00
$7,115 00
COUNTY TAX.
County Treasurer,
Appropriation,
110,890 30
110,890 30
59
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
Paid bills chargeable to School Board,
Unexpended balance,
Appropriation,
Dog licenses,
Tuition, etc.,
$17,081 36
958 64
$18,040 00
17,500 00
416 50
123 50
$18,040 00
PAUPER DEPARTMENT.
Bates & Co., goods to Celia Conley,
" " Nancy Robinson,
A. Boucher, "' George Lebel,
E. P. Ilurd, " Moses Foss,
P. D. O'Connell, goods to N. Wallingford,
Ed. Poulin, " Mrs. A. Young,
Octave Demers, " Joseph Bolduc,
" " " Ignace Bisson,
(( (( >( (I (I
H. M. Hanson, " Amy Young,
" " " Celia Conley,
" " '' Moses Foss,
Frank Dion, " Mrs. S. Webber,
" " " Tgnace Bisson,
" " '' Mrs. S. Webber,
Hannah Young, care " "
Mrs. Ahearn, " " ''
Geo. J. Frechette, board Ed. Goulet,
C. Ham, Jr., milk to Jos Bolduc,
C. E. Coffin, '' Mrs S. Webber,
Richards & Co., coal and wood to Mrs. S. Webber,
? 1 25
50
24 21
13 33
6 49
2 46
7 00
12 00
24 00
2 00
6 00
6 00
14 03
6 47
12 21
10 32
27 00
17 00
70 50
15 80
2 00
18 00
60
Richards & Co., coal and wood to Celia Conley^ $12 SO
," " " Mrs. A. Young, 2 00
J. H. Joyce, expense on Towle children, 19 12
L D. Hamblett, attendance on Mary Palmer, 13 50
B. F. Hanson, team, 2 00
W. B. Martin, conveying yovmg children to County
Farm, and cash paid out, 5 50
Unexpended balance, 147 01
$500 00
Appropriation, $500 00
DEPENDENT SOLDIERS.
Richards & Co., coal to Nancy Robinson, 2 00
S. C. Home, goods to Nancy Robinson, 3 00
" " " Wm. Littlefield, 5 00
Wm. Plummer,'' " " 4 50
C. H. Andrews, wood '' " 10 00
Unexpended balance, 175 50
$•200 00
Appropriation, $200 00
SCHOOL NOTE.
Soraersworth Savings Bank, school note, $2,000 00
Appropriation, $2,000 00
NOTES.
Olive A. Woodsum, $2,000 00
John Langley, 2,000 00
O. J. Bagley, 1,000 00
James M. Nowell, 900 00
61
Samuel Welch, $ 400 00
Enoch Whitehouse. 1,100 00
Dudley Gilman, 700 00
Martha H. Stevens, 2,400 00
C. L. Lord, 600 00
John F. Stevens, 1,000 CO
W. D Knapp, 2,000 00
Mary J. Ross, 1,000 00
J. B. Ross, 500 00
Mary A. Fernald, 400 00
Somersworth Savings Bank, 48,700 00
$64,700 00
Note, $64,700 00
INTEREST.
Somersworth Savings Bank, $3,402 35
Martha H. Stevens, 120 34
C. L. Lord, 30 00
Mary A. Fernald, 30 72
W. D. Knapp, 50 00
Mrs. Dudley Gilman, 44 97
Samuel Welch, 30 74
.lames M. Novvell, 24 13
Enoch Whitehouse, 29 49
C. L. Lord, 16 08
John P. Stevens, 76 81
W. D. Knapp, 28 60
J. B. Ross, 13 40
Mary J. Ross, 26 81
O. J. Bagley, 35 13
John E. Langley, 170 27
Enoch Whitehouse, 55 00
Mary J. and J. B. Ross, 75 00
Olive Woodsum, 90 66
62
James M. Nowell,
Appropriation,
Special appropriation from transfer acnount,
$ 45 00
$4,395 50
3,500 00
895 50
$4,395 50
EOAD MACHINE AND STONE CRUSHER.
C. W. Fall, road machine,
Geo. W. Tibbetts, screen,
J. R. Home, lumber,
H. M. Hanson, supplies,
B. & M. R. R., freight,
Dodge, Haley & Co., chain,
Richards & Co., coal,
John Newell, labor,
Daniel Emery,
T. Fellion,
Arthur Madden,
Charles Morrill,
Thomas Sinkerson,
E. P. Home,
W. F. Hester,
L. Charette,
N. Russell,
Special appropriation.
Special appropriation from transfer account,
$250 00
98 85
84 78
2 10
4 49
75
3 21
4 50
7 00
5 25
7 05
4 00
3 00
10 05
75
14 20
1 50
$501 48
500 00
1 48
$501 48
63
MYRTLE STREET.
D. E. Edgerly, county commissioner,
$51 20
Sarah Pray, land damage,
39 68
H. C. Noyes, "
39 68
L. C. Home, "
28 12
Almon James, " "
61 87
E. K. Bradeen, moving Home's b^rn.
30 00
0. B. Morse, surveying.
2 00
R. W. Shapleigh, "
10 00
Son.ersworth Machine Co., supplies,
24 00
David Win gate, supplies,
3 21
L. Reul, labor,
45 00
T. Fellion,
16 25
J, Laclare,
16 25
L. Charette,
16 25
W J. Hickey,
4 50
Henry Couture,
3 75
Daniel Ross,
4 50
John Newell,
3 75
C. Horrahan,
4 00
L. M. James,
12 00
T. Stanton,
1 50
G. H. Stewart,
3 00
T. Sinkerson,
1 50
J. Collins,
1 50
A. Madden,
3 00
H. Cochrane,
8 00
Ovid Bolduc,
8 00
T. Fellion,
13 50
J. Laclare,
13 50
L. Reul,
12 00
W. J. Hickey,
9 00
H. Cochrane,
20 00
John Newell,
6 00
Ovid Bolduc,
6 25
H. Coutier,
3 00
J. Collfng,
P. McGuinness, ^ ^ ^^
Daniel Ross, ^ -^
C. Horrahan, -^ ^^
A. Madden, ^ ^^
Steplien Nadeau, ^ ^^
B. Dodier, 2 25
P. Nadeau, ^ 25
T. Fellion, * — ^
J. Laclare, 1*^ ^^
Ezra Varney, ^^ ^^
T. Wrenn, ^8
H. Courtier, ^ ^0
Daniel Ross, ^ 00
A. Madden, ^ ''^
W. J. Hickey, 6 00
J. NevreJ], ^ ^^
Peter Guilmet, '^ '^^
L. Gagnon, -^ ^^
P. Gagnon, • '^O
N. Daigle, ^ 50
C. Harrahan, ^ ^^
E. W. GoodwiD, ^ 00
M. Prue, ^ 10
Ovid Rolduc, ^ ^^
T. O'Clair, ^ ^^
L. Charette, ^ 00
L. Gregoire, ^ ^^
L. Reul, 4 13
T. Collins, 4 00
C. Horrahan, ^ ^0
D. Ross, 7 50
T. FelJion, ^ 00
A. Willette, ^ 25
L. Charette, ^ 25
A. Madden, ' ^ ^0
J. Collins, ^ 00
4 50
65
J. Laclair,
L. Gregoire,
D. Cronin,
T. Leahy,
T. Wrenn,
T. Sinkerson,
A. Madden,
W. J. Hickey,
G. H. Stewart,
P. Greeley,
T. Stanton,
E. Donahue,
P. Gagnon,
L. Gagnon,
John Newell,
M. Ilarriety,
Daniel Ross,
M. Prue,
J, Laclare,
L. Charette,
H. Coutier,
M. Ball,
D. Durgin,
T. Fellion,
N. Daigle,
Ovid Bolduc,
Appropriation,
Special appropriation from transfer account,
^4 50
4 13
1 50
1 50
10 20
3 00
30 50
10 50
10 50
10 50
10 50
10 50
10 50
10 50
10 50
10 50
10 50
i9 2t>
10 70
17 88
9 75
9 00
9 00
9 00
11 00
11 00
$954 36
650 00
304 36
$954 36
SIDEWALIvS.
M. S. Perkins (Main street),
" " labor,
Spence & Coombs, granite.,
Yeaton & Co., brick,
B. & M. R. R., freight,
Chas. Duford, concrete,
A. A. Cheney, flagging,.
I. W. Goodwin, labor,
B. F. Cheney,
J. L. Pitman,
H. Coutier,.
John Jiron,.
A. Madden,
L. Gregoire,
John Newell,
0. Bolduc,
T. Fellion,
F. Nolette,
L. Cha.rettey
M. Harrity,
J. Laclair,^
John Lamb,.
N. Daigle,
T. Sinkerson^
W. J. Hickey,
J. Collins,
Appropriation^
Special appropriation from transfer account^
$1,116: SS
16 79
105 75
48 00
6 00
52 00
34 30
13 50*
6 75
1155
»75
15 45
24 75
13 25
15 00
16 50
13 05
6 88
6 8S
5 25
1 50
1 50
3 58
1 50
75
3 00
11,550 61
1,000 00
550 61
$1,550 61
67
MAIN STREET SEWER AND WATER PIPE.
Somersworth Machine Co., supplies,
Frank Tardif, cement,
A Madden, 3abor,
A. Smart,
W. J. Hickej,
D. Ross,
T. Stanton,
J. Gregoire,
I. W. Goodwin,
P. Grady,
J. Stanton,
M. Kearns,
J. Davis,
P. Schail,
M. Burns,
J. Lamb,
P. Gagnon,
L. Gagnon,
George Nadeau,
P. Perron,
J. Jacques,
J. Gregoire,
T. Fellion,
H. Courtier,
W. J. Hickey,
A. Madden,
T. Stanton,
J. Hennegan,
A. Smart,
L. Charette,
D. Ross,
Special appropriation from transfer account,
^12 00
15 50
3 75
4 50
4 20
4 05
4 05
4 05
15 75
7 05
2 55
7 05
"7 05
7 05
7 05
'7^05
7 05
7 05
7 05
7 05
7 05
7 05
7 05
7 05
--8 55
10 50
V8P
7 05
7 05
2 75
8 55
$221 35
$221 35
(^8
BRICKYARD SEWER.
J. R. Home, lumber,
1 5 64
Patrick Farley, ties,
80
Somers worth Machine Co., supplies^,
24 GO
M. S. Perkins, brick,
12 61
S. A. Seavey, pipe, etc..
247 35
Converse & Hammond, cement^
18 50
Frank Tardif, brick,
3 20
R. W. Shapleigh, surveyings
1175
T. Sinkerson, labor^
9 00
J. Collins,
7 50
E. Donahue^
9 45
J. Laclare,
10 20
T. Bisson,^
10 50
L. Gregoire,
9 00
Fred GagnoHy
10 50
L. Joyal,
9 00
T. Sinkerson^
3 00
A. Madden,
4 50
H. Courtier^
10 50
John Newell,.
8 25
T. Collins,
6 75
M. Harrity,.
3 75
T. Fellion,
10 50
S. Edgerly,
175
A. Madden,
11 75
John Newelly
6 75
A. Smart,
7 05
J. Collins,
16 80
Geo. Nadeau,
19 05
E. Donajhue,
13 80
L. Charette,
5 94
T. Bisson,
17 55
J. Grondin,
10 80
P. Gosseliu;
17 25
E. Duboisy
180
69
A. Lacourse,
H. Courtier,
M. Harrity,
T. Collins,
P. Jacques,
D. Durgin,
L. Bisson,
F. Tardif,
Fred Gagnon,
J. Laclair,
L. Gagnon,
T. Leary,
L. W. Goodwin,
P. Nadeau,
L. Gagnon,
J. Twombly,
J. Lamb,
M. Prue,
W. F. Hester,
G. Gregoire,
Ovid Bolduc,
Special appropriation.
Special appropriation from transfer account,
f 180
14 55
6 30
180
8 55
1 80
17 55
180
17 55
18 30
17 55
30
39 20
15 75
1 50
11 75
12 75
6 88
6 75
6 75
6 00
$786 62
550 00
236 62
$786 62
70
HIGHWAYS.
District Ko. 1 :
S. A. Seavey, nails,
J. K. Home, lumber,
George F. Moore, labor,
Thomas Walsh,
Stephen Walsh,
H. Corson,
A. A. Cheney,
Amasa Rogers,
E. C. Varney,
John Varney,
District No. 2 :
Frank Martin,
W. S. Otis,
W. H Hanson,
C. E. Hanson,
J. S. Hanson,
L. D. Otis,
Frank Fnrbush,
G. Mandelie,
District Ko. S r
S. A. Seavey, supplies,
Charles Goding, labor,
A. B. Seavey,
E. Gosselin,
Erank Furbush,
L. F. Furbush,
Frank Shorey,
E. Turcotte,
J. Andrews,
S. Young,
Isaiah Jones,
Geo. Owen,
124
52 23
60 50
28 50
14 55
3 00
3 00
19 50
8 00
6 00
14 25
6 00
9 75
10 87
43 52
4 40
3 75
3 75
4 00
60
^35 20
41 25
14 25
12 00
30 00
31 50
42 17
49 50
17 25
150
71
Frank Swinnerton,
Daniel Barnes,
Geo. Goding,
District No. 4 :
B. J. Hussey, labor.
A. A. Smith,
C. Hussej^,
J. Marston,
F. Austin,
0. Joy,
District No. 5:
Arthur Madden, labor,
Charles Roy,
Frank Cheney,
Julius Peppin,
James Collins,
Pat. Bohan,
Arthur Fornier,
James Hannegan,
Pat. Schail,
J. S. Hannegan,
Wm. Caney,
H. A. Jameson,
Richard Young,
G. H. Stewart,
M. Prue,
L. Charette,
Owen Coyle,
Geo. Stevens,
1. W. Goodwin,
Chas. King,
Pat. Bohan,
Jos. Terrio,
M. Reddy,
Wm. Deveau,
$4 50
4 50
3 GO
$97 16
15 30
2 70
9 45
9 45
2 70
S6 30
49 20
5 25
21 75
1 50
13 50
1 50
7 50
18 75
10 50
2 55
5 CO
1 38
9 75
11 00
8 80
7 50
75
1 50
1 50
75
1 38
5 25
1 50
72
T. O'Bn'en, $ 3 00
Jos. Jewell, 5Q
Tlios. Stanton,
5 25
J. A. Edg'erly, storing tools, 5 qq
J. B. Stiintoti, repiifing fence, 1 §7
Arthur Madden, labor, j| 25
Thos. Stanton, 4 qq
M. Keddy, 5 25
Chas. Koy, q gg
M. Prue, 11 00
J. S. Hannegan^ j 50
Owen Coyle, g 25
Geo. H. Stewart, 4 5Q
E. Smart, 4 ^q
Peter Guilmet, 3 75
K. Daigle, 4 13
Jos. Terrio, 3 ^q
John Hannegan, 1 5Q
L. Charette, 11 00
Jos. Charette, 75
J. S. McDanJely 1 49
L. Gregoire, 1 49
W. J. Ilickey, g 25
H. H. Gillispee, • 4 59
Peter Guilmet, 4 59
Frank Chetey, | 50
Arthur Madden, 9 qq
Thos. Stanton, 4 5Q
Owen Coyle, 4 50
M. Eeddy, 4 50
John Hannegan, 4 50
E. Smart, 10 50
L. Charette, 9 (52
G. H. Stewart, 5 25
M. Prue, 18 02
Daniel Ross, 4 50
Jos. Terrio, I3 75
73
J. P. Stevens, $ 4 50
G. W. Stevens, 7 87
J. S. McDaniel, 4 72
L. M. James, 8 00
K Daigle, 15 12
Jos. Bolduc, 6 05
A. Madden, 12 00
Alex. Smart, 4 50
W. J. Hickey, 11 25
Daniel Ross, 1 65
Thos. Stanton, 6 75
Jos. Gregoire, 5^25
Geo. H. Stewart, 3 00
L. M. James, 22 00
M. Prue, 17 87
L. Charette, 11 00
J. S. McDaniel, 11 40
N. Daigle, 5 50
A. G. Coombs, 4 12
J. L. Pitman, 75
Jos. Bolduc, 6 87
Louis Laons, 5 25
Jos. Terrio, 11 00
Henry Couture, 2 40
0, Brunelle, 2 40
M. Harriety, 4 50
Ed. Donahue, 4 50
Jos. Nadeau, 75
Jos. Terrio, 2 00
American Express Co., brand, 1 90
J. W. Bates, rubber boots, 4 00
Geo. E. Hanson, repairing bridge, 43 63
Daniel Hodsdon, supplies, 35 92
Arthur Madden, labor, 19 65
W. J. Hickey, 19 65
Ed. Donahue, 13 20
M Harrity, 13 95
74
L. M. James,
Jos. Terrio,
M. Prue,
Jos. Gregoire,
Louis Laons,
Thos. Stanton,
Jos. Bolduc,
L. Charette,
N. Daigle,
Geo. H. Stewart,
Pat. Scliail,
Tim. Wren,
Daniel Ross,
Pat. Grady,
Tim. Collins,
Louis Gagnon,
Henry Coclirane^
Wm. Daveau,
Peter Perron,
J. S. McDaniel,
Arthur Madden,
T. Wren,
M. Harrity,
Geo. H. Stewart,
Peter Gagnon,
Daniel Ross,
Wm. Daveau,
P. Schail,
Henry Couture,
W. J. Hickey,
Tim. Collins,
Peter Perron,
Ed. Donahue,
Patrick Grady,
John Giron,
Henry Cochrane,
M. Prue,
13 75
7 70
17 87
6 45
2 25
5 25
4 95
2 20
9 07
9 00
9 00
9 00
7 50
7 50
7 50
7 50
13 75
5 75
6 00
6 87
15 00
2 25
2 25
3 00
1 50
2 25
1 50
1 50
i 50
10 50
1 50
1 50
1 50
2 25
4 50
18 50
4 95
75
L. M. James, $ 10 00
N Daigle, 5 50
L. Cliarette, ■ 3 33
Richards & Co., coal, 9 56
Somersworth Machine Co., castings 15 00
Arthur Madden, labor, 9 00
W J. Hickey, 8 25
L. Charette, 2 75
M. Prue, 3 52
John Jiron, • 1 50
John Newell. 1 50
W J. Ilickey, 3 00
John Newell, 3 00
Daniel Ross, 3 00
Arthur Madden, 4 50
Jos. Laclare, 3 00
T. Fellion, 3 00
Tim. Wren. 7 50
Daniel Emery, 6 13
L. Charette, 5 50
Daniel Hodsdon, supplies, 25 66
Chnrles Duford, concrete, 12 83
Dennis Durgin, labor, 3 15
J. M. French, 1 80
Alex. Stone, 2 70
Daniel Emery, 2 63
W. A. Canney, 1 50
Arthur Madden, 14 85
W J. Ilickey, 12 75
Tim. Wren, 7 05
James Collins, 8 55
T. Fellion, 5 55
Joseph Laclare, 5 55
M. Harrity, 2 55
Thos. Stanton, 8 55
John Lamb, 3 00
Peter Gagnon, - 2 55
76
Louis Gagnon, ^ ^ f._
Pat. Grady, n cc
XT r. ^ ^^
Henry Couture, n ^r:
Daniel Ross, . ca
-r , ,^ 4 50
John IN e well, ►, r.,
TIT TT ' ^"
M. Harrity, g ^^
J. Richal, , ^^
M Prue, j^5.
h Gregoire, ^ gg
L. Charette, ,, ^^
Ovid Bolduc, . ^o
N. Daigle, j- ^^
Frank Nolette,
Louis Reul,
Louis Gayel,
L W. Goodwin.
John E. Frost, lumber,
Estate James T. Furber, scraper, 30 qq
Frank Grady, labor
Ezra Varney,
John Kershaw,
A. Madden,
Tim. Wren,
Pat. McGuinness,
M. Harrity,
John ISTevvell,
W. J. Hickey, ^ ^^
Peter Gaguon,
Louis Gagnon,
Henry Couture,
Pat. Grady,
T. Fellion",
Jos Laclare,
Thos. Stanton,
James Collins,
G. H. Stewart,
S. Vachon,
12 93
6 7.5
1 80
3 90
2 39
5 25
17 00
3,00
15 00
1 80
7 80
9 30
9 30
7 80
9 30
9 30
10 80
1 80
1 80
1 95
12 30
6 75
6 00
77
Daniel Ross,
I. W. Goodwill;
C. Ilorralian,
0. Bruiiiiett,
N. Daigle,
Ovid Bolduc,
L. Charette,
M. Frue,
Frank Nolette,
L M. James,
Louis Grpgoire,
Henry Cochrane,
J. S. McDaniel,
Thos. Stanton,
Tim. Wren,
C. Horrahan,
W J. Hickey,
James Collins,
M. Harrity,
Henry Couture,
Geo. H. Stewart,
Daniel Ross,
S. Vaohon,
Louis Gagnon,
Peter Gagnon,
Pat. Burns,
Daniel Cronin,
C. H. Linscott,
T. Sinkerson,
I. W. Goodwin,
Tim. Leahy,
F. A. Home,
Charles Kershaw,
John Newell,
Henry Cochrane,
Frank Nolette,
L. Charette,
$ 6 00
90
1 50
14 30
17 05
19 80
16 50
19 25
14 40
26 80
17 55
6 00
5 50
15 00
12 00
12 00
12 75
IB 50
10 50
12 00
12 00
10 00
13 50
13 50
12 00
5 00
9 75
3 00
9 00
3 50
6 00
3 70
3 00
13 50
30 00
20 55
19 25
78
L. M. James,
liouis Gregoire
M. Prue,
Ovid Holduc,
N- Baigle,
James Lord,
I^eo Deciitur,
Arthur Madden,
Ezra Varnej,
Pat. McGuinness,
John Kershaw,
Daniel Hodsdon, supplies,
^- J. Hickej, iHbor,
Henry Couture,
S. Vachon,
Peter Gagnon,
Louis Gagnon,
James -Mack,
Thos. Stanton,
James Collins,
Ezra Varney,
Wm. Hester,
N. Daigle
M. Prue, '
A. Willett,
Jos. Laclare,
Frank Dion, supplies
Geo. E. Hanson, hihor
f ^, ^^'^^''^ & Son, ;.pp,„,^
L. Charette, labor,
John JSTewell,
W. J. Hickey,
James Collins,
Arthur Madden,
T. Fellion,
Thos. Sinkerson,
M. Prue.
$ 32 00
20 55
29 70
22 00
2(j 13
4 25
2 50
15 00
12 00
6 75
1 00
74 25
23 55
18 00
15 15
15 15
15 15
21 30
5 55
5 25
2 00
8 75
1 38
28 88
2 25
9 30
1 60
15 17
35 09
12 10
12 00
15 00
G 75
17 50
9 30
13 05
17 05
79
M. Ilarrity,
Jos. Laclare,
Frank Nolette,
L. Gregoire,
n. Coc-hrane,
Peter Gagnon,
Louis Gagnon,
Tim. Lealiy,
Henry Couture,
li. F. Cheney,
Alex. Smart,
F. A. Ilorne,
H. A I lard,
John Lamb,
Arthur Madden,
John iVewell,
James Macik,
Geo. Richmond,
M. Harrity,
Tim. Collins,
M. Prue,
L, Charette,
L. M. James,
Henry Cochrane,
Louis Keul,
W. J. Ilickey,
Ed. Donahue,
James Collins,
Bates & Co , boots,
T. Sinkerson, labor,
J. K. Home, lumber.
J. F. Stevens, gravel,
Arthur Madden, labor,
John Newell,
John Lamb,
^ 7 50
4 50
5 50
5 50
8 00
1 50
1 50
4 50
6 75
6 75
6 75
6 00
1 80
5 25
24 25
21 00
14 (32
9 75
9 75
9 75
17 88
2 ^5
12 80
14 80
4 80
1 50
4 50
4 50
7 50-
14 55
51 12
95 12
1 64
4 50
5 25
7 50
0 25
80
Henrj Couture,
M. Plarritj,
Ovid Bolduc,
Tim. Collins,
M. Prue,
James Collins,
Chas. King,
Tim. O'Brien,
Louis Eeul,
D. Chad bourne, gravel
S. A. Seavej, supplies,
James Collins, labor,
Louis Keul,
Arthur Madden,
L. M. James,
M. Prue,
John Newell,
T. P^ellion,
Jos. Nadeau,
Daniel Ross,
E. Donahue,
George Nadeau,
Henrj Couture,
Louis Gregoire,
Geo. S. Goodwin, stringers,
J. E. Frost, lumber,
G. W. Simpson, labor,
W. E Pierce,
B. A. Wiggin,
W. D. Merrick, blacksmith work,
John Newell, labor,
Arthur Madden,
Louis Reul,
L. Charette,
Daniel Ilodsdon, supplies,
M. Prue, freight,
L. Brunnell, labor,
$ 6 00
1 50
22 81
7 50
1 25
75
3 00
4 50
2 00
3 20
100 21
4 50
8 00
12 75
10 00
17 88
9 75
6 75
1 50
3 75
3 75
3 00
3 00
5 50
48 00
2 88
2 22
6 80
8 25
36 10
1 50
3 00
3 00
6 88
11 53
90
I 50
81
Harry Madden, $ 6 00
A. Gillispie, 4 60
Wm. Nimmo, 2 25
Horace Langlej', 2 25
Fred Langley, 2 25
Ed. Donahue, 2 25
Peter Chick, 2 25
Arthur Madden, 23 25
L. M. James, 8 CO
Louis Reul, 8 00
Louis Gregoire, 8 25
John Newell, LS 50
Owen Coyle, 9 75
Henry Couture, 4 25
Daniel Ross, 3 00
Louis Gagnon, 6 00
Jos. Abbott. 9 75
T. Fell ion, 25
Frank Charette, 5 55
L. Charette, 13 25
Chas. Goding, 17 25
Great Falls Manufacturing Co., supplies, 29 80
Arthur Madden, labor, 12 00
John Newell, 12 00
L. Charette, 18 48
N. Boufford, 14 03
Louis Joj'al, 6 30
Jos. Abbott, I 80
Louis Reul, 2 00
Owen Coyle, 3 00
Henry Couture, 3 00
James Collins, 3 00
L. Brunnell, 3 80
Louis Gregoire, 2 75
L. Charette, freight, 8 27
labor, 22 28
Louis Gregoire, 8 25
82
Arthur Madden,
James Collins, $ 14 75
H W. Sherman, 7 65
Frank Brunnell, 6 92
^- Boufford, 8 25
Louis Gagnon, 5 50
Jos. Abbott, 75
J- R. Home, lumber, 1 05
Lewis Meden, labor, 29 89
Arthur Madden, 19 50
Owen Cojle, IQ 95
Jos. Abbott, 15 00
Tim. Leahy, ' 9 qO
M. JIarrity, 6 00
Louis Gagnon, 9 00
James Collins, 7 50
Geo. Richmond, 7 50
Louis Joyal, 9 00
Fred Perron, 9 00
Pat Bohan, 8 40
Henry Couture, 9 00
Peter Gagnon, 4 5C
John Newell, 3 00
Louis Reul, 9 75
L. M. James, 8 00
Henry Corhrane, 8 00
H. W. Sherman, 18 II
L. Cliarette, 8 21
Jos. Bolduc, 25 85
N. Boufford, 7 43
Louis Gregoire, 20 90
L. Norris, 22 55
Jos. Joyal, 1 50
Pat. Rohan, 2 25
B. A. Wiggin, 1 50
Great Falls Mfg. Co., gravel " ^ 00
L>amel Ilodsdon, supplies, iO 00
20 12
83
Louis Mellen, labor, $ 15 00
Arthur Madden, 12 75
James Collins, ^ qq
Owen C'oyle, -r ^q
John Newell, jq ^q
Louis Joyal, q qq
Jo^. Abbott,
50
Daniel Emery, ^^
District No. 6 :
J. R. Home, lumber,
E. H. Short, labor,
Geo. B. Lord,
Geo. B. Lord, Jr ,
Walter Blaisdell,
L. W. Foote,
G. W. Simpson,
C. V. Wadleigh,
C. Moore,
El bridge Goodwin,
Horatio Gleason,
Willis Chesley,
Pearl Foss,
District No. 7 :
J. R Home, lumber,
H. Hubbard,
Hiram Home,
Clement Ham,
Clement Ham, Jr.,
James Wallace,
Joseph Bolduc,
xMoses H. Pray,
L. D. Pray,
C. F. Crockett,
C. R. Morrill,
Louis Real,
76
US 65
75
1 50
4 50
42 75
72 38
62 13
62 51
12 75
8 75
4 05
22 50
5 96
3 45
4 50
1 50
4 50
10 50
19 75
35 88
17 25
10 25
12 00
16 00
84
District No. 8 :
H. L. Brewster,
N. Wallingford,
F. Varney,
Charles Staples,
Amasa Rogers,
R. A. Libby,
P. Gallagher,
John Varney,
Ivory Varney,
M. L Lord,
Charles Lord,
S. Lord,
Daniel Gage,
Bert Gage,
District No. 9 :
E. A. Watson, labor,
Jos. Graham,
George Worster,
Appropriation,
Special appropriation,
from transfer account.
$ 16 25
9 83
2 00
75
2 25
20 07
8 62
4 00
6 75
5 25
6 37
75
6 75
3 00
11 26
9 50
V 33
$5,540 65
4,500 00
500 00
540 ijo
$5,540 65
REPORTS OF FINANCP: COMMITTEE AND
AUDITORS.
SoMERswoRTH, N. H., March 4, 1895.
The undersigned, members of the Joint Standing Committee
on Finance, have examined the books and accounts of Fred L.
Shapleigh, City Clerk, for the fiscal year ending March 1, 1895,
and found the payments properly vouched, correctly posted, ac-
85
curately footed, and the books kept according to the laws of the
state and ordinances of the city.
Chris. H. Wells,
A. A. Perkins,
Daniel Hodsdon,
James A. Kearns,
Joint Standing Committee on Finance.
Somersworth, X. H., April 14, 1895.
The undersigned, Auditors of the City of Somersworth, have
this day examined the books of Fred L. Shapleigh, City Clerk,
and find the payments properly vouched, the books correctly
posted, accurately footed, and kept according to the laws of the
state.
(Signed) H. Ansel Hayes,
Charles F. Blake,
Auditors,
TREASURER'S REPORT.
I herewith submit 1113' report of the receipts and expenditures
for the city for the year ending March 1, 1895 :
RECEIPTS.
March 1, 1894.
Cash on hand, $7,018 22 $7,018 22
" rec'd from C. 0. Rankins, account
of city hall, 175 00 175 00
" rec'd from W. F. Harmon, on tax
hill of 1893, 5,490 12 5 490 12
" rec'd from J. P. Stevens, on tax
bill of 1894, 52,937 00 52.937 00
May 1, 1894.
Cash rec'd from Wm. B. Martin, money
returned on acc't of Walter Parsons,
" rec'd from various parties, account
pedler's licenses for year,
July 7, 1894.
Cash rec'd from C. C. AUard, acc't fines,
Oct. 13, 1894.
Cash rec'd from Som. Savings Bank, acc't
refunding notes, 60,000 00
Oct. 16, 1894.
Cash rec'd from Som. Savings Bank, acc't
refunding notes, 4,700 00
Dec. 19, 1894.
Cash rec'd of Som. Savings Bank, acc't
of bridge note, 7,000 00
71,700 00
6 00
6 00
L10 25
110 25
16 00
16 00
87
Cash rec'd of state treasurer :
acc't insurance tax, $ 22 50
" railroad tax, 632 39
" savings batk tax, 9,114 41
" literary fund, 1,149 35
10,918 65
Feb. 18, 1895.
Cash rec'd from II. W. Shapleigh, acc't
books and tuition, 123 50 123 50
Feb. 26, 1895.
Cash rec'd of city clerk, acc't dog tax, 422 25 422 25
'• •' '' W. F. Wheeler, money re-
turned for freight on snow plows, 3 52 3 52
Feb. 28, 1895.
Cash rec'd from W. D. Kiiapp of police
court, 836 32 836 32
Total receipts, $149,756 83
EXPENDITURES.
For schools,
$17,081 36
highways,
5,540 65
miscellaneous,
6,486 38
street lights,
4,320 00
police,
770 21
fire department,
3,306 18
paupers.
352 99
soldiers' aid,
24 50
interest.
4,395 50
slate tax,
7,115 00
county tax.
10,890 30
decorating soldiers' graves,
150 00
prior bills,
243 03
brickyard sewer,
786 62
road machine.
50148
sewer and water pipe,
221 35
damage by dogs,
5 75
88
For salaries, $5,861 76
sidewalks, 1,550 61
Myrtle street, 954 36
city hall, 290 12
payment of notes, 66.700 00
bridge, 7,078 50
' hose, 546 45
snow plows, 225 00
$145,398 10
Balance in hands of treasurer, $4,358 73
Respectfully submitted,
Almox D. Tolles,
Treasurer.
SoMEKSwoKTH, N. H., March 4. 1895.
The undersigned, members of the Joint Standing Committee
on Finance, have examined the books and accounts of Almon
D. Tolles, City Treasurer, for the fiscal year ending March 1,
1895, and found the books properly kept, the payments prop-
erly vouched, correctly posted and accurately footed, the balance
of cash on hand on said March 1, 1895, being four thousand,
tliree hundred and fifty-eight dollars and seventy-three cents
($4,358.73).
Chkis. H. Wells,
A. A.. Perkins,
Daniel Hodsdo.v,
James A. Keakns,
Joint Standing: Committee on Finance.
Someksworth, N. H., April 14, 1895.
The undersigned. Auditors of the City of Somersworth, have
this day examined the books of Almon D. Tolles, Treasurer of
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the City of Somerswortli, for tlie fiscal yenv ending March 1,
1895, and find the l>ooks correctly posted and accurately footed,
and payments properly vouched.
(Signed) H. Ansel Hayes,
Charles F. Blake,
Auditors.
LIST OF NOTES OF THE CITY OF SOMERS-
WORTH.
$2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
• 1,
school
paid.
2,
ii
ii
3,
;i
Aug.
26,
1890,
4,
u
Snpt.
9,
((
5,
u
Oct.
8,
a
6,
li
Nov.
17,
a
8,
sewer.
Jan.
paid.
14,
1891,
9,
<(
a
10.
a
a
11,
11
u
12,
11
a
13,
u
a
14,
>(
a
15,
u
.(
10;
a
u
17,
tk
u .
18
a
a
19,
outstanding
bills
, paid
20,
it
((
a
21.
a
a
ii
22,
.i
a
li
23,
sewer.
paid.
24,
((
a
25,
a
a
26,
ii
li
90
No. 27, extension water-works, paid.
9Q u li a
29,
30, " "
31,
32, refunding debt, Oct. 13, 1894, Somergworth
Savings Bank, $20,000
33, refunding debt, Oct. 13, 1894, Somersworth
Savings Bank, 20,000
34, refunding debt. Oct. 13, 1894, Somersworth
Savings Bank, 20,000
35, refunding debt, Oct. 16, 1894, Somersworth
Savings Bank, 4,700
36, bridge note, Dec. 19, 1894, Somersworth Sav-
ings Bank, 7,000
Total, $81,700
REPORT ON FOREST GLADE CEMETERY.
To the Mayor and City Councils of the City of Somersworth :
Herewith we hand you the report of the affairs of Forest
Glade Cemetery, as made up by the clerk for the year 1894.
Jesse R. Hokne,
Edwin R. Bartlett,
Wm. F. Harmon,
Wm, D. Knapp,
James A. Edgekly,
Directors of Forest Glade Cemetery.
Somersvvorth, March 1, 1895.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation by City Councils to pay amount due
Supt for the years 1892 and 1893, $533 24
Harry H. Reraick, for lot, 80 00
Lindspy E. Grant, " 65 00
Affa A. Blodgett, " 50 00
Henrietta Hobbs, " 60 00
John C. Otis. " 40 00
Sophia Nichols, ' " 50 00
Greenleaf and Hubbard, for lot, 65 00
John A. Bean, " 52 50
Simon Newcome, " 50 00
Fred E. Chesley, in part, 40 00
Charles H. Annis, " 50 00
Frank \V. Garland, on account, 5 00
Obediah Learned, in full, 20 00
Chas. W. Wallingford, exchange of lot, 10 00
William S. Tibbets, for lot, 115 00
92
Ebenezer A. Tibbets, for lot, $115 00
Hebrew Society, for land, 200 00
Geo. A. Priestley, in full, 3 85
Interest on trust fund, 185 30
Labor on lots, tomb and graves, 507 50
;'i.297 39
EXPENDITURES.
Paid W. B. Martin amount due him as Supt. in 1892
and 1893.
Julius Peppin, for labor,
Samuel Albertine, "
John Fleurie, "
Reuben King, "
John Pitman, "
Albert Gaudette, "
" " manure,
Oscar F. Davis, cement and labor,
Samuel Welch, brick,
George A. Swain, posts,
James Mack, manure,
John A. Hayes, *'
Daniel Sanborn, posts,
David Wingate, tools,
S. A. Seavey, "
Wm. D. Merrick, blacksmith,
Leonard Norris, manure,
W. B. Martin, wagon,
Tibbets & Son, harness,
W. B. Martin, sod,
Hay and grain,
F. L. Shapleigh, printing,
Miscellaneous expenses,
W. B. Martin, in full.
Cash on hand.
$533 24
324 75
277 50
208 13
50 25
10 00
30 75
23 00
7 15
3 25
58 00
10 00
16 88
10 00
6 60
7 00
21 10
3 00
50 00
15 50
30 78
65 00
2 00
8 00
438 75
86 76
$2,297 39
113
ASSETS.
Due on accounts for lots and labor, $211 50
Cash on hand, 86 76
1298 26
Liabilities, none.
W. B. Martin, Clerk.
The Cemetery Trust Fund amounts to five thousand three
hundred dollars, as follows :
Names of Donors.
Amount.
Jeremy W. Orange
Sarah Andrews
Frederick B. Underbill.. .
A. A . and A.L,. Frost
Edward A. Rollins
Sarah A. Rollins
Robert h. Ham
Harriet L. Rollins
Helen M. Twombly
Mary W. Ricker
Clementina Bickford
Joanna Lord
Amasa Kennison
Alice J. Watson
Kirke W. Moses
Charles L. Chick
Mary A. Hill
Joseph S. Ricker
Samuel Grant
Calvin Rollins
Charles H. Parker
John Smilie
Frances S. Huntress
Mrs. M. J. Home
Lois Merrill
Sophronia Hill
Mrs. F. J. Rollins
Joseph W. Hanson
John B. Burrows
Jesse W. Whitehonse
Ephraira B. Stillings
Abbie L. Davis
Mrs. Kate J. Smith
George E.Hubbard
Joshua Ham
Mrs. Philena Pearl
Mary A. Prouty
George W. Lord
Joseph Hubbard
Elias C. Varney
Louisa T. Davis
Mrs. Ida Brackett
Mrs. Luella J. Welch
Mrs. Olive A. Perkins
Mrs. Olive A. Perkins
Mrs. Betsey S. Chase
Mrs. W. F. Brigham
Miss Hannah E. Home...
John R. Poor
Ambrose Eastman
Mary P.Elliott
Mary A. Legro
J. P. and Mary A. Dixon
Caroline T. Stevens
Brackett Dore
Addie B. Webber
Isaac Chandler
Ljdia S. Hamilton
Sidney B. Hayes, adm'r.
Jeremy W. Orange
Elisha and Charles W. Andrews...
Frederick B. Underbill
Otis A. Frost
D. G. and E. A. Rollins
Samuel S. Rollins and others
Robert L. Ham
.\ndrew W. Rollins and others
Samuel Twombly
Mary W. Ricker
Clementina Bickford
Joanna and Abigail Lord
Amasa Kennison
Daniel S. Watson
Kirke W. Moses
Charles L. Chick
Hannah E. Home
Ricker lot, No. 27, N. E
Samuel Grant
Calvin Rollins and others
Farzina Hurd and others
John and Lydia H. vSmilie
Frances S. Huntress
John Home
Moses Merrill
John C. Hill
Goodwin and Jordan
Dr. Jacob C. Hanson
John B. Burrows
S. D. and Jesse W. Whitehouse. .. .
Ephraim B. Stillings
Elizabeth Davis
Mrs. Kate J. vSmith
George E. Hubbard
Joshua Ham
Mrs. Ichabod Pearl
Dexter B. Prouty
Mary A. and Margaret Lord
Joshua R. Hubbard
Elias C. Varney
David and Harrison B. Davis
Mrs. Ida Brackett..'.
Mrs. Luella J. Welch
Enoch Perkins
Elisha Andrews
J. M. and C. M. Chase
Moody Pike
James Home
Joshua and J. T. Furber
John A. Burleigh
Dr. Charles F. Elliott
Lot 27, S. E. D
Oliver H. and Mary W. G. S. Lord.
Luther and Caroline T. Stevens
Lot 21, Div. 9
James Deleno
Isaac Chandler
Silas M. Hamilton
May B. Wentworth
f20o 00
200 00
25 00
50 00
200 00
300 00
25 00
300 00
100 00
100 00
50 00
20 00
50 00
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100 00
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POLICE COURT OF SOMERSWORTH.
For the Year Ending March i, 1895,
CIVIL DOCKET.
Whole number of entries, 36
CRIMINAL DOCKET.
Whole nuniher arraigned, 326
" " discharged, 43
" " convicted, 283
OFFENCES.
Drunkenness, 89
Common drunkard, 1
Keeping intoxicating liquor for sale, 132
Keeping shop open Sunday, 6
Keeping shop open at night, 3
Keeping disorderly house, 2
Larceny, 16
Assault, 13
Adultery, 2
Lewdness, 4
Perjury, 1
Disorderly, 2
Playing ball Sunday, . 2
Profanity, 2
Maintaining a nuisance, 1
Truancy, 2
Evading fare, 1
Fugitive from justice, 1
d6
Stubborn cliild, 2
Throwing snow-balls, 1
Held to answer in Supreme Court, 130
Held for requisition, 1
Sentence suspended, 2
Sent to State Industrial School, 1
Sentenced to jail, 1
Sentenced to house of correction, 2
Sentenced to pay fine and costs, 145
Discharged on payment of fine and costs, 83
Committed in default of payment, 28
Appealed, 3
Fines received and paid to city, $447.00
Officers' fees paid to cit}-, 252.56
Witness' fees paid to city, 45.26
Solicitors' fees paid to city, 91.50
Fine paid to complainants, * 75.00
AViLLiAM D. Knapp, Justice.
REPORT OF CITY MARSHAL.
SoMEKSwoETH, N. H., March 1, 1895.
To His Honor, the Major, and City Councils of the City of
Somersworth :
Gentlemen : — I liave tlie honor to submit the annual report
of the police department of the City of Somersworth, ending
March 1, 1895, showing wliat has been done during the past
year. The following is a statement of the different offences for
which arrests were made and the number of the same :
ARRESTS.
Whole number of arrests,
2G0
Males,
237
Females,
23
CAUSES OF ARRESTS.
Assault,
21
Assault on officer,
1
Adultery,
2
Bastardy,
2
Burglary,
2
Drunk,
89
Disorderly conduct.
6
Disorderly houses,
3
Evading fare,
1
Nuisance,
1
Keeping malt liquor for sale,
39
Keeping open Sunday,
17
Larceny,
10
Lewdness,
4
Obscene and profane language,
5
98
Stubborn chibl, 2
Selling goods without license, 9
Selling spirituous liquors, 55
HOW DISPOSED OF.
Paid tine and costs, 94
Complaints not sustained, 7
Furnished bonds to appear at court, 74
Committed to county jail, 35
Committed to county farm, 60
PROPERTY STOLEN AND RECOVERED.
Amount of property reported stolen, $353
" '' recovered, 278
IXf;iDENTAL SERVICES.
Dogs killed, 11
Stray teams put up, 14
Stores found open and secured, 8
Lost children restored, 3
Disturbances quelled without arrest, 19
FINES, COSTS AND FEES.
Amount of fines and costs imposed by police
justice, ^ $699.56
Officers' fees,' 136.76
Amount paid to city treasurer, 837.22
LODGERS.
Whole number of persons furnished with food and
lodgings, 410
The discipline of the force has been excellent during the
entire year, and the members have manifested a desire to
promptly and faithfully obey all rules and regulations, and all
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orders and instructions. Moreover, they have worked in har-
mony, and there has been an entire absence of that dissension
and strife, which are so apt to creep into a police department.
We have tried to make Somersworth a very uncomfortable
place for crooks, criminals and professional tramps to remain in,
and how well we have succeeded may be judged somewhat by
the foregoing list of different arrests and the causes of the same.
Crooks seen on our streets have been taken to the station and
kept over night; in some cases they have been notified to leave
town at once, and in others they have been brought before the
whole force, in order that they might be identified and appre-
hended in case of any violation of the law. These measures
have had an excellent effect in keeping from our city these
undesirable people.
Quite a large amount of work has been done by the depart-
ment during the year, and during the last six months there has
been a noticeable decrease in cases of drunkenness. Efficient
work has been done in closing the dives and houses of ill repute
in our city, and in closing up places where lives and property
have been endangered. At this time there is not a house of
ill repute in the city known to us. We have not only succeeded
in closing up a large number of dives and disreputable resorts,
but have also succeeded in enforcing the Sunday law, and mak-
ing the Lord's day a day of quiet and order throughout the city.
Of course there is room for improvements in methods and
work of this department. One important improvement, which
seems to me to be especially desirable, is the adoption of a
police clock system, with strikers on the various beats, so that
all of our citizens and tax-payers may know that the officers are
walking their beats and doing their duty, protecting property
from fire and burglary. I believe that the city government
should give this subject their careful attention. I would recom-
mend, also, that there be a room fitted up for lodgers during the
winter months. We have a good many of them in cold weather.
During the month of January 112 lodgers stopped at the police
station. In some cases women come to the station for lodgings,
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and at the present time all that we can do is to lock them in a
cell until morning. A suitable room could be fitted up for this
purpose at a very small expense.
In conclusion, let me say that in no other department is
there so much expected of the public servants as in this, and in
no other department are they in more need of sujjport and
encouragement. The efficiency of a police force depends largely
upon the support and encouragement given it by the public.
I desire to testify to the kind words and assistance received
from Mayor Chris. H. Wells, Aldermen F. E. Libby and A. A.
Perkins of the police committee, City Solicitor David R. Pierce
and Judge W. D. Knapp. I desire also to express my sense of
obligation, for hearty co-operation, to Assistant Marshal John
C. Bourke, Officer Locke and other members of the force. I
have the honor to be, gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
Charles C. Allard, City Marshal.
REPORT OF CITY SOLICITOR.
To the City Councils of the Cicj of Somers worth :
In compliance with the ordinance of the city I present you
my report of the business of my oflBce for the year ending
March 1, 1895.
There have been no suits brought for or against the city dur-
ing the past year, and my duties have, therefore, been confined
to giving counsel to city officers and the discharge of my duties
as prosecuting officer in criminal cases.
I desire to express my high appreciation of the courteous
treatment which I have uniformly received from all city officials
during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
David R. Pierce, City Solicitor.
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and City Councils :
Gentlemen: — In compliance with the ordinance, ami in
behalf of the board of engineers, I present the following report
of the fire department for the 3'ear ending February 28, 18i'5.
Since the date of my last report, and for the year ending
Feb. 28, 1895, there have been fourteen fires, all of which 1
have attended ; besides which there have been eight alarms.
The total amount of property destroj'ed by these fires will
aggregate about $14,000.00.
The department consists of five engineers.
Deluge Engine Co , No. 1 — Fifty -four men ; foreman, Charles
M. Farley.
Alert Hose Co., No. 2 — Twenty-one men ; foreman, Fred
Weisner.
Deluge Hose Co., No. 3 —Twenty-one men ; foreman, Patrick
Quinlan.
Conqueror Engine Co., No. 4 — Forty men ; foreman, Loren
D. Casler.
Rescue Hook & Ladder Co. — Twenty-four men ; foreman,
Leo Decatur.
INVENTORY.
Deluge, No. 1 :
One hand engine and hose truck,
$300 00
1,000 feet double jacket hose,
550 00
350 feet single " "
87 50
Twelve rubber coats.
42 00
Sixteen curtains,
5 60
Two play pipes,
10 00
One shut-off nozzle,
15 00
lt)3
One shut-off valve, $10 00
Twelve spanners, 6 00
One hydrant wrencli, 50
Six lanterns, 2 10
One stove, 50 00
One coal hod, 25
One coal shovel, 25
One hrooin, 25
One duster and dust-pan, 1 75
One sprinkler, 50
One oil can, 25
Two axes, 2 00
Two shovels, 50
Alert Hose, No. 2 :
One hose carriage.
$200 00
1,000 feet double jacket hose,
550 00
600 feet single
150 00
Twenty rubber coats and caps,
70 00
Four lanterns,
140
Twelve spanners,
6 00
One Eastman Siamese coupling.
10 00
One tower ladder.
100
One cupboard, oil cans, shovel, etc.,
10 00
Olc heater,
50 00
Two hydrant wrenches,
1 00
Two play pipes.
30 00
Two Callahan shut-off nozzles.
30 00
One axe,
100
$1,084 45
Deluge, No. 3 :
One hose carriage, $200 00
1,000 feet double jacket hose, 550 00
700 feet single " " 175 00
One duster, 1 25
L,lia 40
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Twenty-two rubber coats,
Three play pipes,
One shut-off nozzle,
Three axes,
Two stoves,
One jack.
One table.
Thirty-six chairs,
Fifteen spanners.
Two lanterns,
500 feet old hose,
One wrench,
One coal hod.
One hydrant shut-off,
Conqueror, No. 4 :
One engine and hose carriage,
1,000 feet double jacket hose,
300 feet single " "
450 feet old hose.
Twelve spanners.
Thirteen rubber coats,
Three play pipes.
One shut-off nozzle,
Eight lanterns,
One heater,
One stove,
One duster,
Two brooms,
•One oil can,
One coal hod,
Wood,
Two shovels,
Two tables.
Fifty-seven chairs,
Six settees.
;77 00
40 00
15 00
3 00
75 00
1 50
2 00
18 00
7 50
50
5 00
60
50
3 00
$300 00
550 00
150 00
25 00
6 00
5 50
25 00
15 00
2 80
50 00
8 00
125
50
25
25
1 00
125
3 00
30 00
6 00
;i,174 75
105
Two wrenches,
Fourteen rubber coats,
One jack,
One vise,
Two inspirators,
Two sponges,
One chamois skin,
Rescue Hook and Ladder:
$ 75
32 00
150
75
2 00
1 00
75
L,219 55
One hook and ladder carriage and twelve
ladders, |600 00
Twenty-three rubber coats, 80 50
Six lanterns, 2 10
Six hook poles.
Three stoves, 85 00
Two coal hods, 1 00
Three brooms, 75
Two tables, 3 50
Twent3'-nine chairs, 14 50
Four axes, 4 00
Four buckets, 1 00
One crowbar, 50
One snow shovel, 40
One iron shovel, 50
$793 75
Total, $5,382 90
There have been purchased, during the year, 1,000 feet of
doubli- jacket hose, so that now, with a few exceptions, the
department is well furnished and equipped.
RECOMM EN D ATIONS .
After careful consideration of the situation of our fire depart-
ment, and being mindful of the necessity of good service in this
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department, I think its efficacy might be promoted by some
changes, and would recommend the following as expedient:
First, the sale of the two hand fire engines, the balance of
the property in this department being useful in case the
changes recommended are made.
Second, the purchase of either one good steam fire engine, or
one chemical engine.
I desire, at this time, to thank the City Councils for their
very kind and courteous treatment and hearty co-operation with
me in all the duties I have been called upon to perform, in
attending to my labors in this department. I am fully con-
scious of the responsibilities which rest upon me as the head of
the fire department of this city, and that to my efforts, in a
measure, the safety of the property of this city rests, and what-
ever may be my subsequent connection with the fire department,
I shall always take an active interest in whatever effects this
branch of the city work. For all kindnesses shown me by the
City Councils, I heartily extend my thanks.
Respectfully submitted,
James S. McDaniel, Chief Engineer.
REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN.
To the City Councils of City of Somersworth :
Your attention is respectfully called to the fact that the city
ordinances nowhere require a report from the City Physician.
Last year's report was made under a misapprehension of this
fact. I deem it expedient, however, to submit the following :
I have made, under the direction of the overseer of the poor,
during the last year, 83 visits upon sick paupers and patients
under the care of the city. Medicines for these cases have
been furnished almost entirely without expense to the city.
There seems to be a confused idea in the public mind in
regard to the duties of the City Physician. This opens up a
grand opportunity for one who is humanely disposed, and not
much afraid of labor, to perform a lot of gratuitous service-
Considerable time, also, has to be devoted to interviews and
explanations, and other ill-defined claims to his attention, so
that the office is far from being a sinecure.
Such other duties as are prescribed by ordinance have been
performed, as occasion has required. No applications have
been received for the vaccination of pupils of the common
schools, and the presumption is that the number of unvaccinated
reported last year, has been increased by the admission of new
pupils.
The duties assigned to the City Physician are not of a char-
acter to furnish much material for a report. Much that was
available has been more appropriately utilized in the report of
the Board of Health, to which you are respectfully referred.
I desire to express to the Councils my appreciation of the
good-will that has ever characterized their attitude toward me.
Respectfully rubmitted,
Chas. E. Swasey, M.D., City Physician.
SoMEBSWORTH, March 5, 1895.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
To the City Councils of the City of Somersworth :
In submitting our annual report we think we cannot empha-
size too strongly the importance of the interests committed to
our care. Of all the physical blessings of life health is second
to none. This is not only true of it intrinsically, but it fits its
possessor for the enjoyment of all the other good things of life,
while disease is a curse that engenders a black brood of evils,
evils pecuniarj'^, social, physical, mental and moral.
To secure the blessings of the one, and avert the disasters of
the other, is the prime object of the sanitarian. The most effi-
cient means to this end is the instruction of tho people in sani-
tary matters. Sanitary education is essential to sanitary
progress. To contribute to that education is one of the func-
tions of this Board, and one to which this report wdl be princi-
pally devoted.
In summing up the results of our labors at the close of the
year we cannot but contrast them with what we enthusiastically
hoped and expected at its commencement. This contrast is the
consequence, not so much of an over-estimate of our efiiciency,
as of an under-estimate of the obstacles we were to encounter.
Chief among these are the evils entailed upon our ci y by the
" go as you please" system that prevailed in sanitary matters
while it was yet a town. Until it became a city, Somersworth
exercised little or no supervision of the sanitary arx-angemeuts
of its citizens. Dwellings were constructed with little regard
to site, space or environment. Plans for the disposal of excre-
mental matter and household sewerage were devised largely in
the interests of cheapness and convenience. Wells, privy
vaults and cess-pools were often grouped together, as though
they were in no wise incompatible, and measures in general,
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necessary for the j^reservation of health, were left to the discre-
tion of householders or landlords who knew little or nothing of
such matters, or cared even less.
One of the evils of this system is the loss of the education
that is acquired when these measures are under the intelligent
direction of some competent authority. Another is the intoler-
ance on the part of many of any interference with their chosen
methods. They have so long followed their own inclinations
that they regard all such interference as an infringement of
their liberties. Another evil is the large and increasing num-
ber of dwellings unfit for human habitation, without sufficient
space, shut out from air and sunshine, and unprovided with a
due supply of wholesome water and the necessary structural
means of preserving health. Another serious evil is the satura-
tion of the soil of many household areas with the excremental
and other vile products of human life, so long improperly cared
for.
These are a few of the evils of the want of system of the
past, but suffice to show the difficulties in the way of sanitary
reform. Indeed, it is not reformation so much as reconstruction
that is needed. This description does not apply to all classes
of our people nor to all parts of our city, but there are districts
which it would be cheaper to either abandon or burn down and
commence afresh, than to put them in good hygienic condition.
It is not an easy matter to change a mode of life that has the
sanction of tradition, and has crystalized into a habit by the
practice of years.
The evils of such a course have in them an element of per-
manence, and the immediate correction of them in the present
instance is too radical to be undertaken. This is especially
true in regard to that great desideratum of sanitarians, the
proper disposal of excremental matter and household sewerage.
To protect the soil from contamination from these sources is the
first requirement of sanitary science.
With this end in view a city ordinance wisely provides that
privy vaults shall be so constructed as to be water-tight, and
no
shall be guarded against overflow. Also, that the sewerage shall
be disposed of in a manner to secure the same end. The observ-
ancCj however, of these provisions is the exception rather than
the rule. A larger number of the vaults, instead of being
water-tight, are simply holes in the ground, either with or
without a rude frame of boards or plank, which retain more or
less residual matter, but allow the quintessence of the contents
to escape. The way household sewerage is disposed of is
-equally objectionable. It finds its way into cellars, under the
floors of dwellings that have no cellars^ is left to care for itself
on the ground, or the drains to convey it away are so faulty in
construction that most of the liquid contents escape through the
joints, leaving behind the putrid, solid matter to obstruct the
passage. Or if, perchance, it reaches a cess-pool, it is neglected
till the ground is as full as it will hold, and then another loca-
tion is chosen.
From these sources the soil of household enclosures sooner or
later becomes saturated with a foul decomposing mixture. Such
a soil is especially favorable for the propagation of deadly germs
and a generation of poisonous gases. Within these areas the
family wells are not unfrequently located and are replenished
with water from this filth-sodden soil. To state it more graphi-
cally two holes are dug in the ground, one a little deeper than
the other, with a porous soil between ; into one the sewerage
is discharged and from the other the water is drawn ; that the
supply is nerer failing is little wonder.
The air, also, which is a constituent to the soil, becomes con-
taminated, and under ordinary conditions pollutes and poisons
the air breathed by unsuspecting households. These conditions
exist in the well-known upward current of air that is taking
place in all occupied dwellings, and which b}' the force of suc-
tion draws this polluted air from the soil from a great distance
into the cellars and thence upwards to all the apartments.
"While these are by no means the sole evils that jeopardize the
individual and public health, they furnish the theme of a large
percentage of the complaints made to this board, and are so
serious as to merit the special attention of the would-be reformer.
Ill
Many of those responsible for these nuisances can ill afforcf,
these hard times, the cost of the structural changes required for
their abatement. Many who are able, question the necessity
of any change or recklessly disregard it, and many plead the
prospective supply of city water and extension of the sewer sys-
tem, with which they expect to make connection. Altogether
they constitute a party of opposition to the regulations, so large
that a wholesale enforcement of them would lack the popular
support essential to success, while their enforcement uf)on a few
would be an inexcusable show of favoritism. Much has been
done, however, to relieve the more serious symptoms.
The neglect and overflow of vaults have been guarded
against. The removal of their contents has been entrusted
only to responsible parties, who have been licensed after their
facilities for doing the work have passed the satisfactory inspec-
tion of the Board. A show has been made of a safer disposal of
sewerage, and the public conscience has been aroused to the
importance of reform in these directions. This, alone, is a
cheering sign of progress, " for to know ourselves diseased is
half our cure."
The individual citizen is not. however, responsible for all the
nuisances. Nothing could be much more revolting to the imagi-
nation than the condition of the " elongated cess-pool," main-
tained by the city under the misnomer of a sewer. In anatomi-
cal phraseology it is a huge intestinal tract in the bowels of the
earth, constipated almost to the point of a stoppage, and dis-
tended with offensive gases, which it is belching at every one
of its numerous open mouths. Such a nuisance is a standing
reproach to our city. There is no reason for its existence that
is creditable to our intelligence or enterprise.
The city is just as culpable for maintaining a nuisance as a
private citizen. Since it is quite proper to distribute the cost
of permanent improvements over a term of years, and since
sanitary improvements soon pay for themselves, the plea of
poverty or indebtedness cannot be admitted as a sufficient
excuse for permitting such a recognized unsanitary condition to
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remain. The same is true of an inadequate supply of water.
Water is a sanitary necessity. Without it, even a sewer ceases
to be a safe and successful devise, and becomes an unbearable
nuisance.
As your honorable Councils have this matter under considera-
tion, and are acting under the advice of a professional sanita-
rian, any suggestions that we might make would be gratuitous.
The year past will long be associated in memory with the
most serious epidemic in the history of our city or town. It is
highly important to study the sanitary conditions that existed
at the time, and ascertain, if possible, what causal relations
they sustained to the epidemic.
While diphtheria is, no doubt, caused by a specific germ, filth
is its most powerful ally. In this capacity it plays a double
role. It furnishes a luxurious breeding place for the germ and
also so saps the vitality of those who live in it as to make them
an easy prey to the disease. This is especially true of decom-
posing sewerage and excu-emental filth. From tliis it would
logically follow that the brunt of the disease would be sustained
by those parts of the city most under the influence of unsanitary
conditions. Among the unsanitary features of the city our
"elongated cess-pool" is the most pronounced. No one can
consider the source and nature of its contents and the dpcompo-
sition they are continually undergoing, without feeling instinc-
tively that it is an open menace to the public. health Another
unsanitary feature is the filth-sodden soil of sections of our city,
as described above.
The first appearanc^e of the epidemic was at a time of
drought, when the wells were low and were rejjlenislied with
water from even a larger area of soil than usual. It is believed
that but a few wells were beyond the reach of contamination
from this source. The air and water from these sources became
the vehicles of nameless, noxious gases and genns, among
which was undoubtedly the specific germ of diphtheria. A
careful survey would seem to show that the headquarters of the
epidemic were in those parts of the city most under the influ-
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ence of these and other unsanitary conditions. When once it
had obtained a foothold many agencies contributed to its spread.
One, was the failure to recognize as diphtheria mild cases of
sore throat, sometimes a difficult thing to do. Another, was the
practice of some physicians of diagnosing undoubted ca'^es of
diphtheria as tonsilitis, as a bid, it is supposed, for the patron-
age of that class of people that were averse to quarantine. As
a result several public funerals were had of persons who un-
doubtedly died of diphtheria. Another was the impossibility of
properly isolating cases of the disease, and also of disinfecting
premises that had become infected. Most of the tenements
were too small to afford room for isolation or to allow of fumiga-
tion, with the family still occupying them.
Absolute safety could be secured only by a sacrifice and out-
lay which the parties themselves could not afford, and which
the public is hardly ready to assume. In this connection much
is to be said in favor of providing a building in some suitable
place for the care and treatment of contagious diseases. It
were better not to call it a "pest house," but some more eupho-
nious name. It is believed that the expense to the city inci-
dent to the care of these diseases would be less than by present
methods. The infection of a large number of houses to become
focuses of disease would be avoided and cases of the disease
could receive better treatment and lives no doubt be saved.
Of course there are are objections to the scheme and we have
not sufficiently weighed the matter to make any recommenda-
tion, but deem it of sufficient importance to merit j'our atten-
tion. The following statistics of the epidemic may be of
interest :
The first case of the epidemic reported was Sept. 24, 1894,
and the last case reported, March 1, 1895 The whole number
of cases reported was 105 ; number of deaths, 40. To every
thoughtful mind these statistics are painfully suggestive. They
tell of loss of time, of interrupted industries, of great pecuniary
loss to individuals and the city, of sickness and suffering and a
long train of bitter experiences to bereaved and sympathizing
friends, and every generous heart will lament the doom of our
city to such a visitation.
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It may not be consoling to be told that the comiaunity itself
is largely responsible for the calamity ; that it was not, as
sometimes supposed, an arbitrary infliction of Providence and,
tlierefnre, inevitable, but rather the penalty of violated sanitary
laws inflicted upon the transgrassor. That such epidemics are
preventable is not only a possibility but, from the outlook of the
hopeful sanitarian, an actual probability of the " good time com-
ing." We would call your attention to the evil consequences of
allowing men "who fear not God, neither regard man" to sat-
isfy their greed by erecting or patching up dwellings for unwary
tenants, which- have few or none of the requisites of wholesome
life. ■ It is sad to think of the impaired constitutions, the shat-
tered health, the loss of the refining influences of home, and the
social and moral degradation to which many of these tenants
are subjected. Nov are they alone the sufferers. In how many
ways the best interests of the community also suffer, we may
well leave to 3'our ready comprehension.
All m<idern sanitary legislation rec(tgnizes the principal that
every member of the coinmunity is entitled to protection in
regard to his health, just as he is in regard to his liberty and
property.
We would suggest that no one be allowed to erect a building
as a dwelling without first obtaining a permit from someone
vested with the proper authority. Such an application should
set forth the site, surroundings and superficial space of the pro-
posed building; the number and size of its tenements; that it
has a supply of wholesome water, and the necessary structural
means for preserving cleanliness and the safe disposal of sewer-
age and excremental matter.
It is true your Board of Health have jurisdiction in most of
those matters, even to ordering a dwelling vacated, but such an
exercise of authority is scarcely likely to occur, and if the
dwelling is properly constructed at the commencement it will
not be necessary. Better "lock the stable before the horse is
stolen."
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DEATH OF NOAH S. BKOWN.
We would give to the memory of our late colleague, Noah S.
Brown, the tribute of a conspicuous place in our report. In no
other way of which we are aware will his official service as san-
itary officer and his sad death be perpetuated, as they deserve
to be, in the annals of our city. He died Nov. 20, 1894, after a
brief sickness, having performed the duties of his office up to
the very day of his death, We are pleased to testify to the
interest he evinced in the affairs of this special sphere of ser-
vice ; to his diligence and aptness in qualifying himself for its
duties, and to the good degree of efficiency with which he dis-
charged them.
As the Councils delayed the election of his successor, it
devolved upon the Board to make a temporary appointment,
and as familiarity with the duties of the office was just then
indispensable, by reason of the prevailing epidemic, there
seemed no other way than to appoint one of its own number the
President of the Board. Later, the Councils made a wise
choice in the selection of Daniel Wingate for the position.
Under the circumstances the Board lack for their report the
ready material ordinarily furnished by their executive officer.
COMPLAINTS.
The number of complaints made to the Board was 132, classi-
fied as follows :
Privies and vaults, 21
Sinks and cess-pools, 24
Stagnant water, 15
Rubbish, 12
Offensive smells, 19
Pigs and pig-pens, 11
Dead carcases, • 16
Bad wells, 5
Miscellaneous, 9
In response to these the number of visits made was 106 ;
number of notices served, 104.
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INSPECTIONS.
Number of houses inspected, 185
Number of tenements inspected, 262
The vital statistics for the year are very favorable. Exclu-
sive of diphtheria there has been less sickness, as indicated by
the number of deaths, than in any one of the last nine years.
The average annual number during that period vpas 138, while
this year it has been but 122, and 40 of these vv^ere from diph-
Hieria. There are many matters of importance pertaining to
the public health which the present Board has not had time to
consider, but which await the action of their successors.
Like all human undertakings, our work is marked with
imperfections. But whatever may be its measure of success or
failure, we thank the Councils for their apparent appreciation of
our efforts and their leniency toward our short(;omings, and the
support they have so generously and uniformly accorded to us.
Chas E. Swasey,
William B. Martin,
Board of Health.
SoMEKswoKTH, N. H., March 5, 1895.
REPORT OF STREET COMMISSIONER.
To the City Councils of the City of Somersworth :
In accordance with the requirements of the eity ordinances,
I submit the following for the year ending March 1, 1895:
Very little has been done on the highways the last year,
except to keep them cleao and repair them with gravel after
showers, and that to be washed down into the sewer by a later
rain. Hundreds of dollars are annually wasted in carting unfit
material (and we have no other) on our streets. I am of the
opinion that we should macadamize some of our streets the
coming year. I think we should set apart a certain sum — say
$2,000 — every year for the purpose, and it would be but a few
years before the cost of repairing our streets would be greatly
reduced.
The stone crusher has been idle the most of the time for the
last year, as usual. There have been some additions made to it
in the last year; a new screen has been bought and bins have
been built to separate the grades of stone, and it is now in first-
class order. The cost has been $221.48. With a road roller
we should be in condition to build as good macadam roads as
any city in the state.
Three new sidewalks have been built : One on High street ;
one on Main street, with brick, and one with crushed stone on
Mt. Vernon street ; all at a cost of $1,550.61. The rest of the
Main street sidewalk is in bad condition and should be repaired
the coming year. Elm street sidewalk should be relaid, as that
is in a very bad condition, and I would respectfully recommend
the appropriation of $2,000 for repairs on sidewalks for the
coming year.
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The appointment of assistant street commissioners and the
amount expended by them has been as follows :
District No. 1— G. F. Moore, $186 52
2— John Hanson, 97 29
3— A. B. Seavey, 391 22
4— B. F. Hnssey, 136 76
6— E. H. Short, 403 49
7— L. D. Pray, 141 79
8— R A. Libby, 83 23
9— E. A. Watson, 28 09
$1,468 39
District No. 5 has been under the personal care of
the street commissioner, and the amount expended
has been as follows :
120 feet of 8-in. sewer pipe, at the head of Washing-
ton street has been laid with two receivers, and cost 110 50
Removing sand from Main street sewer, 413 42
(This sewer is, and must be, of great expense to
the city unless some change is made to keep the sand
from washing down into it, and I think if the receiv-
ers on Main street should be increased in size, so that
they would receive all the wash from the hills, it could
be removed at a very much less expense.)
The bridge at the New Dam has been repaired with
new stringers and plank, at a cost of 393 50
Repairs on Market street bridge, 43 00
Amount expended on teams, $1,254 98
Amount expended for labor (men), 2,511 00
Amount expended for gravel, ashes and sup-
plies, 266 51
Total amount expended in District No. 5, $4,032 49
I would recommend for repairs on highways for the coming
year, $6,000, and that out of that sum the city purchase one
pair of horses for its use When we take into consideration the
condition of our streets and sidewalks, and the fact that it will
cost at least $500 to put the streets at the brickyard in passa-
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ble condition, I do not think that the above suras will be any
more than will be required to keep the streets and sidewalks in
good condition for the coming year.
Myrtle street has been finished and cost, with land
damage, $954 36
The Brickyard sewer has been completed.
There was left over from last year 150 ft. of 12-in.
pipe and 250 ft. of 18-in. pipe, and a part of the
digging was done. That work has been finished
and 650 ft. of 10-in. pipe and 378 feet of 8-in. pipe
have been laid in addition, at the expense of 776 62
The tools and materials on hand belonging to the city are as
follows :
1 jigger,.
1 two-horse roller,
7 snow-plows,
3 whiffletrnes,
1 road Mcraper,
1 two-horse scraper,
79 shovels,
9 iron rakes,
9 hoes,
2 nigger-hoes,
27 picks,
4 stone hammers,
4 striking hammers,
2 packing hammers,
1 lead dipper,
1 furnace for melting lead,
1-2 bbl. pipe clay,
9 iron bars,
28 steel drills.
Lot of wedges,
12 packing irons,
1 tape measure,
4 tool chests,
5 locks,
1 pump and hose,
Lot of odd pieces of pipe,
24 ft. 6-in. iron pipe,
2 8-in. iron screws,
1 iron scraper,
10 lanterns,
2 five-gallon oil cans,
3 water pails,
1 pair tongs,
3 axes,
3 rammers,
1 scoop,
4 iron rollers,
2 wooden malls.
1 road machine.
Respectfully submitted,
H. M. Hanson, Street Commissioner.
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LIST OF SEWER ENTRANCES.
Resolved, Etc., That the Street Commissioner be instructed
to make a canvass of parties whose premises are connected with
the public sewers, and report to the Councils at as early a date
as practicable the number of parties who have, and those who
have not, entered the public sewers, giving the same in detail,
by streets.
Passed June 19, 1894.
To the City Councils :
In response to a resolution recently passed by your honorable
bodies, calling upon me for a list of those persons along the line
of the sewers, who have, and those who have not, connected
their premises with a street sewer, I would respectfully present
the accompanying list.
H. M. Haxson, Street Commissioner.
July 1, 1894.
MAIN STREET.
Mary Stanton, house in rear, town drain.
" " 1 house, railroad crossing fewer.
" '' 2 houses. Main street sewer.
George H. Marshall, town drain.
Somersworth Machine Company's tenement, town drain.
Patrick Leahy, Water street sewer.
Mrs. Phil. Shannahan, house in rear, cess-pool.
" " '^ south tenement, Main street sewer.
" " " north tenement, cess-pool.
Hannah Fisher, Main street sewer.
Peter Cotier, surface.
Joseph Terrio, Main street sewer.
Mrs. Michael Ball, town drain.
Bridget O'Mally, town drain.
Charles Dorin, town drain.
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Robert L'ltalian, town drain.
Michael Casey, Spring street sewer.
Mrs. Gilbert, town drain.
Coleman estate, cess-pool.
J. B. Legro, cess-pool.
Peter Guilmette, Main street sewer.
Henry Noyes, Main street sewer.
Everett Blaisdell, Main street sewer.
Mrs. J. G. Hutchinson, Main street sewer.
Wm. D. Clarke, Main street sewer.
Oliver Morin, Main street sewer.
Mrs. Wm. H. Bayles, store. Main street sewer.
" " " tenement, vault.
Frank Fortier, Main street sewer.
Mrs. Oliver Cate, Main street sewer.
Terrio & Bates, Main street sewer.
Geo. Frechette, Main street sewer.
Wm Lamb, Main street sewer.
S. D. Bryant, cess-pool.
John Sanborn, Main street sewer.
Great Falls Hotel, Fore street sewer.
Central buildings, Fore street sewer.
Boston & Maine depot, canal.
Mrs. S. Cole, Main street sewer.
SPRING STREET.
Michael Casey, Spring street sewer.
Patrick Burns, Spring street sewer.
■* " 2 houses, town drain.
Mrs. N. O'Brien, town drain.
James Mack, town drain.
SUMMER STREET.
Mrs. Con. Murphy, cess-pool.
Margaret Fogarty, town drain.
John Parsons, town drain.
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Parsons and Kearns, town drain.
Con. Ryan, cess-pool.
Peter O'Mally, cess-pool
Patrick Farley, 2 houses, surface.
Mrs. John Kelly, town drain.
WATER STREET.
Ira Young, barn cellar.
Miss Garon, cess-pool,
UNION STREET.
Louis Gregoire, barn cellar.
Henry Wentworth, cess-pool.
Delino heirs, cess-pool.
John Lord, Union street sewer.
Marj' Malin, Union street sewer.
Stephen Wallace, Union street sewer.
Hannah Curtiti, Union street sewer.
Mrs. McCreliis, 2 houses, Union street sewer,
Patrick Burns, Spring street sewer.
Jerry Sullivan, cess-pool.
Eugene Sullivan, surface.
Mrs. B. Fox, surface.
Hiram Wentworth, cess-pool.
Brackett, barn cellar.
James Lord, barn cellar.
E. Whitehouse, barn cellar.
PINE STREET.
Wm. D. Clarke, Pine street sewer.
Charles E. Brown, Pine street sewer.
Mary Holland, Pine street sewer.
Dr. Harablet, 2 houses. Pine street sewer.
F. J. Gagnon, Pine street sewer.
James Collins, cess-pool.
Mrs Lawlor, Pine street sewer.
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SCHOOL STREET.
Michael Hennegan, old drain to Union street sewer.
FORD STREET.
Flanagan heirs, 2 houses, cess-pool.
Peter O'Mally, Ford street sewer.
Ed. Donahue, cess-pool.
John Moran, surface.
George Whitehouse, 2 houses. Ford street sewer.
Ham, Ford street sewer.
GREEN STREET.
Wm. E. Pierce, barn cellar.
Martin Gillispee, 3 houses, old drain to Union street sewer.
Peter Moran, Green street sewer.
Mrs. Wm. Emery, town drain.
Wm. Hill heirs. Green street sewer.
G. F. and 0. S. Hill, 2 houses, Green street sewer.
Roberts estate. Green street sewer.
Amy Young, Green street sewer.
Michael Ready, 2 houses, Green street sewer.
Edwin P. Horn, Green street sewer.
John Lord, 2 houses, cess-pool.
Wendell heirs. Green street sewer.
Daniel Emery, surface.
Mrs. Con. Daly, barn cellar.
P. L. Moran, 3 houses, Franklin street sewer.
P. L. Moran, Green street sewer.
Ricker heirs, Green street sewer.
Mrs. G. W. Young, cess-pool.
Louis Beson, cess-pool.
Mrs. Thomas Annis, barn cellar.
M. V. B. VVentworth, cess-pool.
Priest's house, barn cellar
Chas. F. Davis, cess-pool.
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J. Bickford, West Green street sewer.
Mrs Desmiers, cess-pool.
John Pitman, surface.
Jacob L. Pitman, surface.
David L. Hodsdon, Green street sewer.
Geo. Hubbard, surface, barn to Green street sewer.
Geo J. Richards, barn cellar.
G. F. M. Co., Chase house, Ehn street sewer.
Chas Wallingford, surface.
Henry Joy, Green street sewer.
Mrs. Chandler, Green street sewer.
B. F. Hanson, Green street sewer
Dr. Hamblet, Green and Washington street sewers.
PLEASANT STREET.
H. Weymouth, Green street sewer.
John Rj'an, surface.
L E. Smith, barn cellar.
Mrs. Walker, Pleasant street sewer.
Mrs. Jenkins, cess-pool.
80UTH STREET.
Patrick Galliger, South street sewer.
Pettr Gagahan, South street sewer.
Michael Herraughty, surface.
Abial Bayles, South street sewer.
F. J. Gagnon, South street sewer.
N. Roy, cess-pool.
James Hennegan, surface.
Mrs. Patrick Grady, cess-pool.
Patrick Casey, surface.
James H. Joyce, 3 houses, surface.
Mrs. Prouty, South street sewer.
Matthew Riley, South street receiver.
Lorenzo E. Decatur, 4 houses, surface.
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PORTLAND STREET.
Mrs Proutj, surface.
Geo M. Hanson, surface.
Jerry Lord, Portland street sewer.
L. E Decatur, vault.
E. Varney, Portland street sewer.
Stevenson, cess-pool, cellar to Portland street sewer.
FRANKLIN STREET.
Ed. Blaisdell, barn cellar to Franklin street sewer.
Louis Blaisdell, barn cellar to Franklin street sewer.
E. B. White, barn cellar.
Mrs. C. P. Andrews, surface.
D. Malioney, surface.
Wm. Wingate, barn cellar.
Mrs Curtis, cess-pool.
S. D. Bryant, surface.
Dan'l Wingate, surface.
John Berry, vault.
Wm. Staples, barn cellar.
Etta Martin, cess-pool.
Edwin Jones, cess-pool.
Labontie, Franklin street sewer.
Bridget O'Donnell, cross sewer.
Roberts estate, Franklin street sewer.
Mrs. Rowan, 2 houses, cess-pool,
Timothy Kellier, cess-pool.
Ellen Sweeney, cess-pool.
E. B. White, Franklin street sewer.
Owen Coyle, barn cellar.
0. Demers, West Green street sewer.
Joseph Prue, Franklin street sewer.
FAYETTE STREET.
M. Prue, G. F. M. Go's drain.
Oliver Morin, Main street sewer.
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WEST GREEN STREET.
Peter Lebel, West Green street sewer.
0. Demers, 3 houses, West Green street sewer.
J. Bickford, West Green street sewer.
Albert Ham, barn cellar.
Michael Casey, barn cellar.
E. B. White, 2 houses, cess-pool.
Chas. E. Goodwin, 2 houses, barn cellar.
G. M. Hanson, West Green street sewer.
E. A. Smith, West Green street sewer.
Mrs. Noah Fall, barn cellar.
Goorge Houle, barn cellar.
ELM STREET.
G. F. M. Co., agent's house, Main street sewer.
0. J. Bagley, surface.
N. H. Gilbert, towt} drain.
J. K. Towle, vault.
J. K. Towle, town drain.
WASHINGTON .sTREET.
W. D. Merrick, ^Vashitlg^on street sewer.
W. D. Merrick, barn cellar.
0. A. Hooper, Washington street sewer.
J. K. Towle, town drain.
Abe Andrews, town drain.
Mrs. Chandler, town drain.
C. F. Blake, town drain.
G. M. Hanson, Washington street sewer.
Con. McCarthy, Washington street sewer.
Mrs. Spline, W^ashington street sewer.
Orrin Cheney, Washington street sewer,
Orrin Cheney, surface.
J. K. Towle, Eagle House, town drain.
Mrs. Minnehan, Wasliington street sewer.
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C. H. Harmon, barn cellar.
W. D. Merrick, Washington street sewer.
J. K. Towle, Washington street sewer.
J. K. Towle, 3 houses, old drains and surface.
Orrin Cheney, Washington street sewer.
Peter Morin, 3 houses, Washington street sewer.
C. F. Blake, Washington street sewer.
Mrs. Conners, 2 houses, house cellar.
J. K. Towle, Washington street sewer.
J. K. Towle, surface.
Daniel llodsdon, surface.
Victor Tibadeau, Washington street sewer.
COURT STREET.
J. K. Towle, Washington street sewer.
Ed. Grant, Court street sewer.
Mrs. Minnehan, Court street sewer.
E. B. White, cess-pool.
Mrs. Eastman, 2 houses, cess-pool.
MT. VERNON STREET.
J. B. Clarke, barn cellar.
E. B. White, cess-pool.
S. S. Chick, surface, barn cellar to Mt. Vernon street sewer.
N. Wentworth, S. S. Chick's barn cellar.
Mrs. Garland, cess-pool.
Blaisdell heirs, Mt. Vernon street sewer.
Albert Thwing, cess-pool.
J. C. Lothrop, Mt. Vernon street sewer.
Watson heirs, Mt. Vernon street sewer.
J. J. Woodward, Mt. Vernon street sewer.
H C. Gilpatrick, Mt. Vernon street sewer.
Wakefield heirs, cess-pool.
Mrs. Parker Ward, Mt. Vernon street sewer.
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FORE STREET.
Roberts estate, Pore street sewer.
Joseph Bernier, Fore street sewer.
LINCOLN STREET.
John A. Fall, from cess-pool to sewer.
Laura Bates, Lincoln street sewer.
T. P. Duffill, Lincoln street sewer.
Albert Hubbard, Lincoln street sewer.
J. C. Nutter, Lincoln street sewer.
Mis. Perkins, Lincoln street sewer.
Chas. M. Dorr, Lincoln street sewer.
Thomas Merrick, Lincoln street sewer.
John Blaisdell, Maple street sewer.
Philip H. Stiles, Maple street sewt r.
Mrs. Stanton, 2 houses, Lincoln street sewer.
Fred L. Shapleigh, Lincoln street sewer.
John P. Stevens, Lincoln street sewer.
Daniel Hodsdon, Lincoln street sewer.
E. A. Leighton, Lincoln street sewer.
David Hodsdon, cess-pool.
David Hodsdon, Lincoln street sewer.
Chas. Goding, surface.
Thomas Hodsdon, 2 houses, surface.
June 30, 1894.
REPORT OF OVERSEER OF POOR.
To the Mayor and City Councils of the Citj' of Sornersworth :
In accordance with tlie ordinance of the city, I submit the
following report of expenses on account of paupers and soldiers
and their dependents :
City paupers, $344 22
Soldiers and their dependents, 42 55
CITY PAUPERS.
H. M Hanson, goods to Mo^es Foss, $14 O.'i
E. P. Ilurd, " " '• 1.3 33
E. Demers, goods to Joseph l^olduc, 7 00
C. Ham, milk u u ]7 20
J. H. Joyce, expense on account of Fred Towle
children, 19 12
B. F. Hanson, conveyance of Fred Towle chil-
dren to Dover, 2 00
27 36
24 20
21 12
0. Demers, goods to Ignatius Hisson, 36 00
F. Dion, " " " 12 21
48 21
L. D. Hamble^, medical attendance on Mary E. Palmer, 13 50
Geo. J. Frechette, board of Edward Goulette, 70 50
E. Boucher, goods to Geo. Labelle, 24 21
E. Ahearn, care of Mrs. Se^-mour Webber, 17 00
Hannah Young," " " " 27 00
Richards & Co., wood- ' " " 18 00
F. Dion, goods to " " " 30 67
C. H. Coffin, milk to " " " 2 00
94 67
4 00
2 00
2 46
2 00
3 50
18 Qf»
6 49
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Ricluirds & Co , wood to Amy Young,
H. M. Hanson, goods to " "
Ed. Poulin, "■ " "
W. B. Martin, conveying Amy Young cliildren
to farm, May 31, 1894,
W. B. Martin, board and conveying Amy Young-
children to farms, Feb. 1895,
P. D. O'Connell, goods to Nat'l L. Wallingford,
$344 22
SOLDIEliS AND THEIU DEPENDENTS.
Richards & Co., Nancy Robinson,
J. W. Bates,
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W. Pkimmer, goods to W. H. Littb^tiebl,
C. H. Andrews, wood to '' "
II M. Hanson, goods to Celia Connolly,
J. W. Bates, shoes to '' "
Richards & Co., fuel ti " '•
W. B. Martin, Overseer of the Poor.
$2 00
50
2 50
4 50
10 00
14 50
12 00
1 25
12 30
'^5 55
$42 55
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR.
SoMERswoRTH, N. H , Feb. 25, 1895.
I have the honor to submit to j'ou m}' report of the collection
of taxes for 1894, as follows :
Tax list committed to me for collection, $53,131 19
Added valuation, 43 20
To abatement made by the assessors for the follow-
ing causes and amounts .
Excessive valuation, $35 37
Soldiers, 5 40
Over age, 9 00
Duplicated, 32 40
Non-taxable, 74 12
Act of sickness, 34 30
Abatement of 26 poll taxes, for the reason
that the parties are unknown and
cannot be found, 46 80
237 39
$52,937 00
Balance charged to collector, 52,937 00
To cash paid A. D. Tolles, treasui'er, 52.937 00
Respectfully submitted,
John P. Stevens, Collector.
REPORT
SCHOOL BOARD OF S0MER5W0RTH,
INCLUDING A
DETAII,ED ACCOUNT OF EXPENDITURES DURING THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH i, iSg.-j.
REPORT OF SCHOOL BOARD.
Department of Public Ixstruction.
Secretary's Office.
SoMERSwoRTH, N. H., Marcli 5, 1895.
To tlie Mayor and City Councils :
Gentlemen : — In accordance with a vote of the school
board, at a meeting of this date, I have the honor to transmit
to you herewith the annual report of the Department of Public
Instruction of this city.
The report consists of the report of the chairman of the
school board and the financial report of the secretary of the
school board, also the reports of all the standing committees of
the said department.
These reports were all accepted and adopted at the meeting
above referred to, and by vote of the school board at said meet-
ing were made a part of the report of the chairman of the
school board to your honorable body.
Respectfully submitted,
Richard W. Shapleigh,
Secretary of the School Board.
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION.
ORGANIZATION 1894-'95.
William F. Russell, Cliairman.
Richard W. Shapleigh, Secretary.
MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
Richard W. Shapleigh, ward 1, term expires 1897
John C. Lothrop, " 2, " " 1895
James A. Conley, " 3, " " 1895
John Duddy, " 4, " '- 1895
Mark A. Kearns, '' 5, " " 1896
William F. Russell, appointed, " '' 1896
William E. Pierce, '• ". " 1896
Henry H. Wentworth, " " '' 1897
George F. Hill, " " " 1897
committees, !894-'95.
Finance and Claims — Messrs. Pierre, Conley, Hill.
Qualifications of Teachers — Messrs. Russell, Shapleigh, Duddy.
Text-books and Apparatus — Messrs. Russell, Lothrop, Went-
worth.
Music and Drawlny — Messrs. Shapleigh, Hill, Wentworth.
Health — Messrs. Lothrop, Wentworth, Kearns.
Truancy — Messrs. Wentworth, Lotlirop, Kearns.
High School — Messrs. Russell, Shapleigh, Duddy.
Grammar School, as a whole — Messrs. Russell, Conley, Pierce.
Primary School, as a whole — Messrs. Shapleigh, Wentworth.
Lothrop.
Ungraded School, as a whole — Messrs. Shapleigh, Wentworth,
Kearns.
Evening School, as a whole — Messrs. Hill, Duddy. Wentworth.
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REPORT OF CHAIRMAN OF SCHOOL BOARD.
To the Mayor and City Councils of the City of Somersworth :
I have the honor to submit the following report of the public
schools of this city, for the year ending Marcli 1, 1895 :
The total number of pupils enrolled in the public schools of
this city, from March 1, 1894, to March 1, 1895, is 1,384;
enrolled in ungraded schools, 87 ; enrolled in primary schools,
939 , enrolled in grammar schools, 283 ; enrolled in high school,
75. The foregoing tabulation shows an increase of twenty-
three in the total enrollment, of seventy in the grammar schools
and four in the high school.
Undoubtedly the increase in the total enrollment would have
been much larger had it not been for the diphtheria epidemic
which has raged so seriously among the school children, and
which has disorganized the classes and has made the attendance
very irregular, continuing up to nearly this time.
At the close of the spring term the following members of the
first-class of the grammar school, having completed the gram-
mar school course, were granted diplomas :
.vorth.
Burtell Rogers, Somersworth.
Carrie E. Andrews, ''
Alice A. Lord, "
Hattie E. James, "
Abbie Gr. Keating, "
Bessie L. Freem-tn, "
Pearl Pettengill. "
Ernest S. Bryant, "
Sadie F. Bunker, "
Joseph P. Ball, "
Esther J. Widiam, "
Frank W. Emery, "
Minnie L. Sherman, "
Harry G. Nutter, "
Margot F. McDaniel, "
Percy 0. Dorr, Somers
Harrison M. Duffill,
Leona E. Hussey,
Ailie A. VVeeden,
Leroy L. Thwing,
Alice F. Mount,
Mamie Ingalls,
Walter E. Blaisdell,
Willie Casey,
John A. Fall, Jr.,
Fred A. Hersom,
Alice E. Lord,
Alice E. Home,
Bessie E. Webster, Berwick
Bertha 0. Guptill, "
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Of this number, twenty-six have entered the high school and
are taking regular courses therein.
The course of study and work in the grammar school has been
carried on as during the year before. The recommendations of
the sub-committee of the grammar school will be found in their
report, appended to this report. The system of study pursued
in the grammar school at the present time and the plans for the
future, contemplate necessary changes in the school rooms.
The report of your board last year called attention to the
fact that the room used by Miss Quimby was entirely inade-
(juate to the requirements of the classes assigned to her. The
incoming classes are very large, and if all the scholars now in
the second class remain in the school next fall, the first gram-
mar school will have a total enrollment of sevenly-five, with a
seating capacity of only fifty-four. Miss Quimby is now com-
pelled to take her classes in sections. The recitation room is
not capable of affording the usual means for blackboard work;
it is poorly ventilated, and the stimulus which comes from hav-
ing all the members of a class together and working upon the
same subjects, must be entirely lacking where the classes are
divided into sections.
The high school building is entirely inadequate to meet the
wants of the high school and the grammar school. It is. in
fact, as now divided, about what the high school actually needs
for itself. I would suggest that a grammar school building,
entirely separate from the high sohool building, and more cen-
trally located, be erected as soon as possible.
A class of ten was graduated from the high school at the
close of the spring term ; their names, residences and courses
of study being as follows :
Harry W. Blake, Somersworth, Classical.
Charles D. Montgomery, Berwick, Me., Classical.
Alice B. Dennison, Somersworth, English-Latin.
Minnie Farley, Somersworth, English-Latin.
Neva Ham, Somersworth, English-Latin.
Lillian J. Hopkins, Berwick, Me., English-Latin.
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Mary A. Parsons, Somersworth, English-Latin.
Myra Wentworth, Berwick, Me , English-Latin.
C. E^^erett Andrews, Somersworth. English-Latin.
May Tibbetts. Berwick, Me , English.
Of these. Messrs. Montgomery and Blake, and Misses Denni.
^on and Ham are pursuing collegiate courses.
No important changes in the courses of study in the different
schools of this city have been made during the past year. The
teaching foi-ce in the different schools has remained substan-
tially the same as in our last report. The work of the schools,
while not entirely satisfactory, has been fairly good, and in
some particulars has shown a decided advance over the previous
year's work. The suggestions and recommendations of the
several sub-committees of the different schools will be found in
their reports appended hereto and made a part of this report.
The total number of different teachers employed in 3'our
schools during the past year is 27. In primary schools, 17 ; in
grammar schools, 5 ; in high school. 3 ; music, 1 ; drawing
(spring term), 1.
The financial affairs of this department are in the hands of
the finance and claims committee of this board, and their report
in full is appended hereto, and made a part of this report.
Respectfully submitted,
William F. Russell,
Chairman of the School Board.
March 5, 1895.
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REPORT OF THE FINAXC^E AND CLAIMS COM-
MITTEE.
SoMEKSwoRTH, N. H., March 1, 1895.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the School Board of the City
of Somersworth :
Your Committee on Finance and Claims begs to submit the
following report of their business for the past year :
The City Councils placed to the credit of the School
Board, $17,50000
To which should be added the amount of dog tax, 416 50
And the amount rec'd for tuition and breakage, 123 50
Making a total of
We have made expen
ditures as
foll(
avvs
$18,040 00
Repairs,
Supplies,
Miscellaneous,
$653 41
496 92
180 73
Transportation of children,
Secretary's salary,
Water rent.
77 70
100 00
159 06
Insurance,
436 50
Truant officer,
18 07
Books,
881 22
Teachers,
10,503 05
Janitors,
1,016 29
Fuel,
Water closets at Orangf
; street building,
1,193 06
1,365 35
17 091 '?i\
Leaving a balance to be turned into the treasury of S958 64
We append a detailed account of the above expenditures.
We believe all bills contracted during the j'ear have been
paid. The teachers are paid to March 29, 1895. This pro-
vision for the teachers' pay-roll in advance, has been necessi-
tated by the change in the calendar for the school year 1894-
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'95, Owing to the prevalence of diphtheria, a part of the
schools were closed four weeks longer, at the Christmas vaca-
tion, than the calendar, prepared at the opening of the year,
contemplated. This compelled us to carry four weeks instruc-
tion into the next school year.
In order that the accounts may be kept separate, and the
expenditures show in the year to which they should justly be
charged, we have provided for the payment of teachers, from
the funds appropriated for the year 1894-'95, for the usual
school year of thirty-six weeks.
The Home school, so-called, has been closed during the entire
year, and no expenditures have been made for improvements
there. The building is in the same repair as reported last j'ear.
The city has provided transportation to other schools for the
pupils living in that district.
The Blackwater school-house has had no repairs during the
year, and at present is closed.
The outside of the Woodvale school house has been painted
and repaired, and the inside cleaned and painted. A coal stove
has been put in to replace the old heater in this building. New
out-houses must be built here during the coming year.
The Prospect street school-house has required no repairs,
except those made last summer to the walks leading from the
street to the building.
At the Union street building, only the usual repairs for main-
tenance have been made. This building was within 15 feet of
the Collins' barn, which burned last winter. The fire damaged
the windows and curtains of the two rooms in the northwesterly
corner of the school building. The loss was fully covered by
insurance, and an arrangement made whereby your committee
proceeded at once with repairs, for which the insurance com-
panies made payment. The money received for insurance was
receipted for by the secretary of the board, and is accounted for
in his financial report.
Your committee earnestly recommend a change during the
coming year in the system of heating used in this school-house,
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from hot water to steam. A careful investigation leaves no
doubt that the present system is insufficient and expensive.
The interior of this building should also be painted next sum-
mer. We have inserted an item to cover this expenditure in
the estimate for 1895-'96.
At Orange street, sanitaries have been put into the basement,
and although not yet in use by the pupils, we have reason to
believe they will be highly successful. A very thorough system
of ventilation is connected with them, and your committee has
a guaranty for their satisfactory working. The boiler at this
building needs resetting, and may possibly require some repairs.
An item for this has also been inserted in the estimate. Minor
repairs about this building must be made during the coming
year, and a new fence constructed on the northerly side of the
lot.
Necessary repairs have been made on the High School build-
ing to maintain it in a satisfactory condition. The time is not
far distant when the requirements of the school^ now located
in this building will necessitate decided changes. When such
changes are made a modern system of sanitaries should be pro-
vided.
The insurance on all buildings expired April 1, 1894, and
were re-insured for three years, as follows :
Blackwater, f 200 00
Woodvale, 700 00
Home, 500 00
Prospect, 800 00
High, 10,0CO 00
Union, 12,000 00
Orange, 12,000 00
In making all expenditures upon buildings and grounds, your
committee have endeavored to combine permanency with econ-
omy, and believe that the school-houses of- the city are in fairly
good condition. The policy adopted has been to maintain the
efficiency of all schools and each year to make some needed per-
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manent addition or improvement to the school property of the
'jity, thus equalizing the annual expenditures.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. Pierce,
Jas. a. Conley,
Geo. F. Hill,
Committee on Finance and Claims.
DETAILED REPORT OF FINANCE AND CLAIMS COMMITTEE.
Summary of bills approved for fiscal year ending March 1, 1895.
For repairs, $65.3 41
supplies, 496 92
miscellaneous, 972 06
books, 881 22
teachers, 10,503 05
janitors, 1,016 29
fuel, 1,193 06
Orange street vpater-closets, 1,365 35
$17,081 36
ITEMIZED ACCOUNT OF BILLS AUDITED FOR YEAR
1894-'95.
REPAIRS.
Daniel Hodsdon, labor and material, $88 94
John C. Nutter, repairs on windows, 2 40
Great Falls M'f'g Co., valves, 2 50
J. H. Kennedy, slating, High school roof, 86 37
John E. Frost, lumber, 9 23
David Wingate, glass, nails and hardware, 3 85
S. A. Seavey, hardware and tools, 10 50
Gillis & Gleeson, electric batteries, 1 30
E. A. Tibbets & Son, hardware, 4 97
Daniel Hodsdon, pailSj dippers, zinc, etc., 11 33
Heni-y Moulton, ladder, 3 75
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H. P. Montgomery, tuning piano,
Swamscott Machine Co., pipe and fittings,
Alexander Stewart, paint and labor,
John E. Frost, lumber,
M. S. Perkins, mortar and cement,
Braman Dow & Co., hair, felt, twine, asbestos and air
valves,
L. F. Smith, labor,
Chas. H. Annis, money paid out,
John E. Frost, lumber,
J. B. Stanton, labor,
Geo. A. Pinkham, labor,
J. R. Home, lumber,
G. W. Johnson, painting Woodvale school-house,
J. E. Frost, lumber,
Braman Dow & Co., air valves,
David Wingate, glass and glass cutter,
E. A. Tibbets & Son, glass,
O. F. Davis, material and labor,
E. A. Tibbets & Son, hardware,
John Newell, labor,
Arthur Madden, labor,
John W. Sanborn, two chairs,
John C. Nutter, outside windows,
American Boiler Co., grate bars and ring.s,
S. A. Seavey, hardware,
Daniel Hodsdon, stove and sundries,
Daniel Hodsdon, labor, material and supplies,
W. D. Merrick, blacksmithing,
Somersworth Machine Co., telephoning and casting,
H. P. Montgomery, tuning piano.
Great Falls M'f'g Co., water rent and waste cock,
Braman Dow & Co., valves,
John E. Frost, lumber and labor,
Alexander Stewart, paint and painting, .
Great Falls M'f'g Co., waste cock, etc.. Union street
building, 4 20
; 5 00
5 21
6 75
5 54
1 00
31 11
1 26
4 00
7 49
1 50
2 GO
2 77
51 35
5 00
1 75
3 75
5 50
23 43
6 85
1 50
1 50
3 00
18 25
13 78
36 82
29 41
19 79
8 80
20
2 50
75
1 40
8 28
13 85
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American Boiler Co , grate bars, $ 3 00
Soraerswortli Machine Co., pipe and fittings, 13 30
E. W. Folsoni, repairing clocks, 1 50
C. H. Annis, money paid out, 4 00
Joseph Dnford, labor piping, 10 80
Branian Dow & Co., valves, 1 23
Gillis & Gleeson, electrical supplies, 2 88
-Joseph Duford, labor piping, 3 60
John E. Frost, lumber and labor, 27 27
Jas. B. Stanton, labor, 4 28
M. S. Perkins, labor on Orange street boiler, 4 88
E. A. Tibbets & Son, hardware and wheelbarrow, 5 86
Spence & Coombs, cutting marble washbowls, 2 40
Great Falls iM'f g Co., cement, pipe and fittings, 5 49
Joliii C. Nutter, windows and doors, 16 50
S. A. Seavey, hardware and wire screening, 29 19
Great Falls (las Light Co., gas fittings, 6 45
Daniel Hodsdon, labor and solder, 35
SUPPLIES.
$653 41
R. W. Shapleigh, money paid out for maps, 68
Jos. Gillott & Sons, pens, 13 10
Wm. Syn.es & Son, water pail, oil, etc., 1 60
Geo. F. King & Merrill, ink, 1 20
Prang Educational Co., colored paper, models and books, 8 93
W. A Davis, mucilage, 2 00
J. L. Hamraett, sponges and pencils, 8 00
John Carter & Co., paper, 15 00
Geo. F. King & Merrill, mucilage bottles, 1 50
E. E. Babb & Co., lead pencils, 2 00
Clark & Nutter, chemicals, 74
Daniel Hodsdon, pails, dippers, zinc, etc., 9 00
J. L Hammett, books and sundries, 31 92
American Express Co , flag and expressage on same, 4 05
John Carter & Co., paper, 4 20
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F L. Shapleigli, printing, postal cards, etc., $ 8 65
Free Press Publishing Co., printing, paper and labor, 34 68
Great Falls Gas Light Co., Orange street, 6 years, 12 83
" •' •' High school, 4 50
Prang Educational Co , drawing paper, 2 50
Great Falls Gas Light Co., Orange street, 1 58
" " High school, 1 13
Champion Flue Scraper Co., flue cleaner, 4 50
W. Sj-mes & Co., oil, pails, soapine, etc., 2 80
Geo. F. King & Merrill, ink, 2 40
S. James & Son, sand for sand tables, 1 50
Prang Fducational Co., drawing books and scissors, 60
Silver Burdett & Co., pitch pipes, 3 00
J. L. Hammett, sundry supplies, 12 31
John Carter & Co., paper and cash book, 12 43
Free Press Pub. Co., printing, cards and envelopes, 9 00
Great Falls M'f g Co., chloride of lime, 6 48
Franklin Educational Co., labaratory supplies, 26 23
Clark & Nutter, chemicals, 9 11
M. R. Warren, neostyle ink, 1 50
Free Press Pub. Co., letter heads, orders, etc., 15 00
J. L. Hammett, 14 56
John Carter & Co., paper, 25 23
W. A. Davis, mucilage, 2 00
Wadsworth, Rowland & Co., Glaziers diamond, 4 00
John Carter & Co., paper, 27 50
F. L. Shapleigh, printing and supplies, 2 97
John Carter & Co., paper, 17 50
E. E. Babb & Co., blank books, 4 50
Wm. Symes & Son, oil, chimneys and brushes, 8 84
J. L. Hammett, pens, etc., 12 10
Free Press Pub. Co., paper, printing, etc., 3 65
C. M. Dorr, ribbon. Grammar school diplomas. 4 65
J. L. Hammett, supplies, 2 12
Thorp & Martin, inkstands, etc., 5 22
E. A. Tibbets & Son, Akron pipe, etc., 13
John Carter & Co., paper, 4 95-
$ 3 06
14 25
1(5 97
5 00
1 00
7 60
2 15
13 17
It, 6 75
8 50
1 90
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Clark & Nutter, cliemicals,
E. E Eabb & Co , lead pencils,
Wra Symes & Son, brushes and brooms,
Geo. F. King & Merrill, ink,
Wad.iworth, Howland & Co., bal. on glazier's diamond,
Fred L. Shaj^leigli, printing,
John Carter & Co., cardboard,
J. L. Ilammett, supplies,
Free Press Pub. Co., paper, printing and advertisement,
F. L. Shapleigh, printing report cards,
John Carter & Co., envelopes,
$496 92
MISCELL.VNEOUS.
Crawford Tolles & Co , insurance, $300 00
William 1). Knapp, insurance, 64 50
J. H. Beacham & Son, 72 00
Alicia Lawlor, clerical work at supply room, 5 00
R. W. Shapleigh, money paid out for maps, 5 20
M. Hanagan, use of well to Ma ch 1, 1894, 25 00
American Express Co., expressage, 1 55
J. S. McDaniel, freight paid and cartage, 1 99
James F. Peavey, salary as truant officer, 13 90
Great Falls M'f'g Co., water rent, Union street building, 22 93
Chas Roy, car f age, 1 00
J. S. McDaniel, cartage, , 3 00
American Express Co., expressage, 75
W. W. Nason, telephoning, 85
J. M. Russell, money paid for postage, 1 20
Day & Co., expressage, 4 20
Jas. F. Peavey, salary as truant officer, 4 17
J. S. ^IcDaniel, moving pianos and chairs, 10 00
B. F. Hanson, horse hire for truant officer, 2 75
W. F. Harmon, care of horse, 50
American Express Co., expressage, 70
Sumner C. Home, transportation of children, 6 70
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Chas. A. Moore, transportation of children,
Mrs. M. J. Horn*-, " "
W, F. Harmon, horse hire.
Day & Co., expressage,
J. S. McDaniel, cartage and hauling brick,
American Express Co., expressage,
B. F. Hanson, liorse hire,
H. W. Sherman, cleaning vaults,
Boston Clothing House, white gloves,
American Express Co., expressage,
Day & Co., expressage,
R. W. Shapleigh, salary as secretai-y school board,
Day & Co , expressage,
B. F. Hanson, horse hire,
American Express Co., expressage,
Great Falls Gas Light Co , gas,
Alicia Lawlor, care of store room.
Great Falls M'f'g Co., water rent and waste cock,
J. S. McDaniel, trucking,
Wm. Nimmo, labor, assisting health oflScer,
Daniel Hodsdon, material for fumigating,
Day & Co., expressage,
S. C. Home, transportation of children,
M. J. Home, " "
Charles A. Moore, " "
Great Falls M'f'g Co., water rent. Union street,
R. W. Shapleigh, money paid for telegrams and freight.
Free Press Pub. Co., paper, printing and advertisement,
Georgie Nowell, typewriting,
American Express Co., expressage,
Richard Young, trucking.
Day & Co., expressage.
Great Falls M'f'g Co., water rent,
$32 30
6 60
1 00
4 00
3 00
2 45
75
3 00
11 70
95
2 30
100 00
1 60
1 00
2 55
2 03
25 00
58 38
1 75
2 00
5 25
2 40
4 80
4 70
22 60
62 25
26 36
1 50
10 00
75
2 25
2 70
15 50
1972 06
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BOOKS.
R. W. Shapleigh, money paid out for maps, $26 00
Prang Educational Co., books, 3 20
Oliver Ditson Co., music, 4 35
American Book Co , books, 12 92
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, 8 54
Silver, Burdette & Co., 2 17
Ginn & Co., 18 08
D. C. Heath & Co , 9 34
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 3 06
Koehler, Newman & Co., 6 76
Maynard, Merrill & Co., 1 83
D. Lothrop Co., 2 40
J. L. Hammett, 16 80
Silver Burdett & Co , music readers, 9 60
American Book Co., 4 76
Ginn & Co , music and book, 2 29
Oliver Dit.son Co., music, 3 00
American Book Co., 1 92
J. L. Hammett, maps, 75 75
Houghton, Mifflin & Co , 26
Chas. H. Annis, repairing geographies, 1 78
American Express Co., bill of Wm. Ware & Co., 4 80
J. E. Potter & Co., geographies, 15 00
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 4 08
Thompson, Brown & Co., book-keeping blanks, 8 00
American Book Co., 12 88
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, 71 48
Ginn & Co., 43 28
Potter & Putnum, 2 00
Prang Educational Co., drawing books and scissors, 40 00
Lee & Shepard, 10 00
D. H. Heath & Co., 10 00
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 35 70
Henry Holt & Co., 4 55
Silver Burdett & Co., - 16 96
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American Book Co , $ 3 35
Fred Gowing, two copies school laws, 1 50
Oliver Ditson Co., music, • 1 58
Ginn & Co., music, 1 40
American Book Co., 24 00
" " 4 32
Maynard, Merrill & Co , 3 15
Silver Burdett & Co., 4 50
Potter & Putnum, 4 00
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, 37
Lee & Shepard, 3 00
Dodd, Mead & Co., encyclopaedias and^dictionaries, 157 50
J. B. Lippincott Co , dictionaries, 60 00
H. L. Hammett, globes, 30 GO
Houghton, Mifflin & Co , 21 50
Ginn & Co., 55 51
American Book Co., 3 00
Educational Publishing Co., 9 00
$881 22
teachers' salauiks.
Pay-roll No 11, $1,245 32
12, 1,245 32
18, 934 01
14, '1,158 99
15, 1,163 99
16, 976 99
17, 903 51
18, 386 88
19, 1.181 99
20, 1,306 05
$10,503 05
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JAXITORS' SALARIES.
John Stewart, $120 57
A. E. Stevens, 69 43
M. A Emery, monej' paid janitor at Woodvale school, 15 00
C. H. Annis, 799 29
H. M. Duffill, 6 00
Guy Reeve, 6 00
$1,016 29
FUEL.
Richards & Co., coal and wood,
John N. Haines, pine wood,
John No well, wood,
C H. Annis, for money paid for sawing wood,
ORANGE STREET WATER-CLOSETS.
>1,157 81
15 25
15 00
5 00
$1,193 06
W E. Pierce, brick for cliimney at Orange street, $55 00
J. S. McDaniel, cartage and haulinj^ brick, 8 25
B. & M. R. R., freight on brick, 11 00
Pay-roll Orange street water-closets, 24 60
Masons pay-roll, labor on Orange street water-closets, 82 26
Somersworth Machine Co., galvanized iron, 2 78
Geo \V. ILrne & Co,, bricks, * 12 00
C. H. Annis, money paid Chas. Ricker and Wm. Canney, 3 75
John P. Stevens, labor and trucking, ^3 53
Underbill Vent and Warming Co , contract for water-
closets, 435 00
Laborers' pay-roll, 4 80
J. B. Stanton, labor, 1 25
L. M. James, teaming and sand, 22 35
Charles F. Mitchell, carpenter work per contract, 161 00
S. A. Seavey, hardware, 32 79
Daniel Hodsdon, contract for plumbing, 50 00
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W. D. Merrick, blacksmitlung,
M. S. Perkins, mason work,
John E. P^rost, lumber,
Somersworth Machine Co., telephoning and casting.
Converse & Hammond, cement and pipe,
E. A. Tibbets & Son, Akron i>ipe, etc.,
Daniel Hodsdon, pipe,
Alexander Stewart, paint and painting,
Geo. E. Hanson, labor, etc.,
L. M. James, trucking, cement and pipf,
Great Falls M'f'g Co., cement, pipe and fittings,
S. A. Seavey, hardware and wire screening.
$ 7 26
164 22
G22
50
180 35
6 4f>
4 94
10 27
7 83
4 00
1 30
11 61
1,365 35
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON QUALIFICATION
OF TEACHERS.
SoMEHSwoKTH, N. H.. March 1, 1895.
To the Chairman and Members of the School Board of the
City of Somersworth :
Gentlemen : — Your committee have examined such candi-
dates for positions as teachers in our public schools as have pre-
sented themselves, and have made recommendations to the
Board from time to time, of candidates competent to fill vacan-
cies. The aim of the committee has been to require proficiency
on the part of candidates, sufficient to maintain the standard of
our public schools. Educational standards are constantly being
advanced, and each year raises the requirements demanded of
those who desire to qualify as teachers Without making
unreasonable demands upon the applicants, your committee has
endeavored to have this fact emphasized in its work.
We would earnestly recommend the use of a regular form of
application, and a form for certificate ; both to be adopted by
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the Board for tliR guidance of their standing committee on qual-
ification of teachers.
Respectfully submitted,
W. F. Russell,
johx duddy,
Richard W. Shapleigh,
Committee on Qualification of Teachers.
TEXT BOOKS AND APPARATUS.
SoMEKSwoRTH, N. H., March 1, 1895.
To the Chairman and Members of the School Board of the
City of Somersworth :
GENTLp:MEisr : — A few articles of physical apparatus have
been bought during the year for the use of classes in the High
school. Larger expenditures must be made in this department
from year to year, as most of the apparatus now on hand is old
and fails to illustrate the scientific methods now in use. We
would recommend that the requirements of this department be
carefully considered in the expenditure of the Chandler fund
for the ensuing year.
The usual expenditures have been made for material in the
chemical laboratory ; the expenditure is somewhat larger this
year than last, owing to an increase in the number of pupils in
this department. The laboratory is very small and will not
accommodate the classes in a proper manner. Provision must
be made as soon as possible for increased facilities. The
i-equirements would be a larger room, and an extension of sinks
and benches.
Maps have been provided for nearly all the schools, a consid-
erable expenditure having been made for that purpose last
spring. Atlases have been placed in some of the higher grades
and a few new globes provided.
Several sets of text-books have been placed in the High
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school in branches covering scientific work, and some new
readers of the literature series have been placed in the loM^er
schools. An increase in the poetry read in the lower schools
should be made at once. Only one set of books has been pro-
vided for this purpose during the past year. More should be
purchased next year.
Two sets of encyclopaedias have been purchased during the
year, also six International dictionaries aud one Lippincotts'
Gazeteer. This is a beginning in the foundation of reference
libraries which, in the opinion of your committee, should be
placed in all the schools.
Respectfully submitted,
Wm. F. Russell,
John C. Lothrop,
Henry H. Wentworth,
Committee on Text-books and Apparatus.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MUSIC.
Somersworth, N. H., March 1, 1895.
To the Chairman and Members of the School Board of the City
of Somersworth :
Gentlemen : — The study of music has been continued dur-
ing the past year along about the same lines as heretofore. It
is a subject in which all the pupils, even the youngest, are
interested. The enthusiasm with which our special teacher,
Mrs. Robinson, conducts this work is conducive to good results,
and we have no hesitation in pronouncing the work in this
department satisfactory.
No radical changes have been made in methods this year.
In the High school music has been made optional, in the sense
that no student is compelled to take part in this exercise if be
or she has a good reason for desiring to be excused. We
should not wish to recommend that this liberty be given in any
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scliools of tlie lower grade, but find that pupils as far advanced
as those in tlie High school, who have heavy demands made
upon their time by their studies, ma}"- in special cases be
excused from music.
We feel that music is thoroughly established in the schools,
and that the work, as now carried on, is valuable and agreeable
to both pupils and teachers. Steady progress is made from the
lowest to the highest grades, and by the time a pupil has
passed through our public schools he should be able to read
music readily, and should have discriminating taste.
Quite a quantity of new sheet music has been bought during
the year for the use of the higher grade schools. This has
given variety to the course and has been illustrative of the
principles which the normal method considers fundamental to a
miiirical education.
Your committee have just completed arrangements for a
cour.-e of normal lectures, for the teachers, to be given by Mrs.
Robinson, which will include a review of her teaching methods,
and will give as much drill as is possible in voice culture.
Respectfully submitted,
RjCHARD W. ShAPLEIGH,
Geo. F. Hill,
Henry H. Went worth.
Committee on Music.
RKPORT OF CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON
DRAWING.
SoMERSwoRTH, N. H., March 5, 1895.
To the Chairman and Members of the School Board of the City
of Somersworth :
Gentlemen' : — Until within three years, drawing in the
schools of this city has been carried on without a special
instructor. The teachers have taken up the work as fully as
their time and ability would admit, but drawing has been a
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subordinate branch of study in its relation to the rest of the
curriculum, and so regarded by both teachers and pupils.
In 1891, some special instruction was given the teachers, by
the drawing teacher of the Dover schools, who was employed to
come to this city and give occasional lessons, or lectures, to the
teachers, who assembled as a class to work under her instruc-
tion. This plan was discontinued when the city charter was
adopted, and the control of the schools placed in the hands of a
School Board. Last year (1893-'94) we had a special teacher
in drawing, who devoted two days each week to visiting the
schools, teaching classes herself, instructing the teachers, when
such instruction was necessary, and who exercised a general
supervision over drawing in all grades, considered in their rela-
tion to each other. This work was carried on with a view to
establishing the Prang system of drawing in our schools, and
we feel safe in snying that a good year's work was done. We
base this judgment, not only upon j^ersonal observation, but
upon the judgment of the superintendent of the Prang Com-
pany, and that of the superintendent of schools of one of our
sister cities, who came here at the end of the spring term for
the purpose of examining the results attained.
While some schools were less able than others to cover the
course prescribed, as a whole the progress was commendable,
and this branch was advanced in a more regular and even man-
ner than ever before. The work, of course, was somewhat ele-
mentary' in its character; that assigned to each school being
only as far advanced as it was thought possible for the pupils to
comprehend the principles. Except in the lowest grades, the
work could not he brought up to the standard required by the
Prang plan, as it takes about three years to satisfactorily and
completely establish that system. Consequently, the drawing
books used in the grades were one or two numbers lower than
those which would be required when the system should have
been in operation long enough to advance the standard of each
school to its proper place.
The work of a special teacher last year obtained the following
results : First, drawing was carried on by uniform methods in
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iill the grades of the schools of the city ; second, in the High
school, prepai'iition was made for a good course in mechanical
drawing; third, the work was done systematically, and the
time devoted to it from week to week was the same ; fourth,
drawing was assigned a definite place in the course of study
the same as other branches, and its educational importance was
thus fully recognized by teachers and pupils ; fifth, the work
done was of a technical and scientific character, the lines of
action being clearly laid down and closely followed, under the
direction of a teacher, who was as directly accountable to the
School Board for her work as an}^ other teacher.
The work this year has been irregular ; it has not been under
the special supervision of any one teacher, but each teacher has
encle^vored to cover the work laid down in the drawing man-
uals furnished in connection with the Prang s^'stem. There
has been a considerable difference in the amount of time spent
upon drawing in the different schools. Some schools have
been taking the same amount of time as last year ; some less,
and some have thus far hardly taken up drawing at all. Allow-
ances must be made for the small and irregular attendance
caused by the spread of diphtheria through the city during the
fall and winter, and also for the interruptions and consequent
necessity for review caused by the close of the schools for a
period of five weeks, during the fall term. The work that has
been done shows, we think, that the teachers and pupils were
benefitted by last year's thorough work. We are glad to note
the advances that have been made for this reason, and by reason
of the diligence of individual teachers. We cannot see, how-
ever, the advance in quality and quantity of work that should
have been made in order to jjlace the schools one year's full
work further along toward the standards required by the sys-
tem of drawing at present in use.
The work this year, viewed in the relation of the various
grades to the requirements of the Prang system, was correctly
classified only in the first and second grades. The third,
fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth grades all began
at least one year below the point where they should have
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begun ; the difference increasing through the higher grades,
because the requirements of the Prang system as one advances
toward the highest point increasingly require a thorough knowl-
edge of the principles required to be taught in the lower
grades. These principles had not been learned before last
year, and could be only partially acquired in one year's time.
In the High school, embracing the tenth, eleventh, twelfth
and thirteenth grades, where the attendance has been better
this year than ever before, and has not been seriously affected
by the diphtheria epidemic, it has been necessary to abandon
drawing entirely, owing to the lack of a special instructor. The
work in this grade, contemplated by the Prang system, embraces
mechanical drawing and studio work, with the use of casts,
models and drawings from nature. High school teachers are
graduates from colleges rather than from normal and technical
schools, and hence it is not to be expected that they will have
taken a sufficient course in art to be able to teach drawing of
the advanced nature contemplated by the Prang system. The
books of the various teachers' agencies show that only a small
percentage of applicants for high school positions are competent
to teach drawing as required in the grades embraced in a high
school course.
The work in the Grammar school, which this year should
have covered a partial course in mechanical drawing, has not
really touched upon that subject. This is partly due to the fact
that such teaching requires considerable special study on the part
of the teacher in order to be successful, and partly because in
the time devoted to drawing it has been impossible to more
than cover the other work laid down. We think that our
teachers, as a whole, understand drawing as well as those in
public schools of cities of equal rank with Somersworth. The
fact is, until recently, it has been practically impossible to find
a well-taught system of drawing, except in special schools,
which have in most cases been inaccessible to those preparing
to teach.
We do not believe that next year's work will be as satisfac-
tory as this if carried on in the same way, for we have no
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reason to suppose that drawing, pursued without any assistance
from a specialist, will be more successful in the future than the
experience of our schools has shown it to be in the past. We
do not think it possible for individual teachers to carry the
study of drawing along evenly enough to keep the pupils, in the
same grades in different schools in the city, at the same point
of attainment. Some advantage might be gained by giving
le<;tures from time to time to classes of teachers, but work car-
ried on in that way, unless supplemented by the services of
a supervisor, who shall be required to make visits to each
school at frequent intervals, and shall be competent and clothed
with sufficient authority to suggest and enforce changes, where
the w6^ is not found satisfactory, will not successfully teach
-drawing in graded public schools. The additional expense of a
special drawing teacher would be from $400 to $450 per year,
an amount about the same as that paid to our Grammar school
assistants. We believe that this sum of money, expended for
such a purpose, would bring returns far in excess of the outlay.
We are debarred, on account of their large expense, from
establishing manual training schools in this city. Such schools
would be of very great benefit to all children of a mechanical
bent of mind, or those compelled by circumstance to leave
school at an early age and seek a livelihood in industrial pur-
suits. Aside from the shop work taught in mauual training
schools, there is probably no branch of study, except reading,
writing and arithmetic, that brings as great returns to a boy or
girl entering industrial pursuits, as drawing. The abilit}^ to
read and produce mechanical drawings is so frequently required
from persons advanced to positions of responsibility in manu-
facturing establishments of all kinds, that the lack of such
ability often prevents a young man, or woman, from passing
bej'ond the position of an ordinary laborer, when their natural
endowments, properly developed, would entitle them to positions
as superintendents.
The number of pupils who advance bevond the High school
course is comparatively small. The work in all grades, therefore,
must be exceedingly well done if our boys and girls are to be pre-
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pared to fill positions of influence and trust in the community.
In a manufacturing city like ours, any study in the primary
schools that bears directly upon the manufacture or repairs of
machinery, or fabrics, is of the utmost importance to every citi-
zen, and should be taught with the greatest thoroughness.
Drawing requires care, neatness and accuracy, all valuable
qualities in the general routine, so that its influence is indirectly
felt in every branch of school work. Almost every kind of sci-
ence-teaching now demands an understanding of the principles
of drawing for its complete development ; in fact, a thorough
course in drawing illustrates obscure points throughout the
entire school life of the pupil. Can we afford to slight such an
important study on account of the small expense incident to its
successful teaching?
We believe that drawing should be taught by a teacher whose
entire time can be devoted to this one line of work. We can
well afford to secure and pay for the services of such a special-
ist in our public schools. We would respectfully, but earnestly,
urge upon the board the importance of making provision for a
drawing teacher for the coming year. It is so late now that
but little could be accomplished before the close of our schools
for the summer vacation, but next fall the study of drawing-
should be taken up under special supervision.
Respectfully submitted,
Richard W. Shapleigh.
Chairman of the Committee on Drawing.
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REPORT ON DRAWING.
SoMERSwoRTH, N. H., March 1, 1895.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the School Board of the City
of Somersworth :
There is a tendency to make all things bend to our own
wills. If we think a thing is so, we make it so. We have
tried to avoid all this in making up our report, and what we
have to say is founded on facts, which is the result of investi-
gation. We think the work, as a whole, is up to that of last
year, if _f^u take into account the conditions which the teachers
have labored under, arising from the irregular attendance of the
scholars. The teachers, as a whole, are as well pleased with
this branch of work as they are with many others. Some of
the books show an improvement over those of last year. In
some cases it may be the result of the special instruction given
last year, but in many of the cases we know it is not. The
teachers, we think, are able to carry on the work without a
special instructor. Thar a special teacher in drawing would be
of some value we have no doubt, but we also think that the
demands along this line are not great enough to warrant the
outlay of a large sum of money. We find, in some of the
schools, the year's work is too great to admit of the best results ;
unless this can be changed we think the doing away of the
drawing in the primary school, which would give the teachers
more time for other work, would be followed by better equip-
ment in other branches that are more important at this period
in the school life. If the drawing is to be continued we recom-
mend that the teachers have the benefit of several lectures dur-
ing each term by one well qualified to interest and instruct
them
Respectfully submitted,
Geo. F. Hill,
Henry H. Wentworth,
Of Committe on Drawing.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HEALTH.
SoMEKSwORTH, N. H., March 1, 1895.
To the Chairman and Members of the School Board of tlie
City of Somersworth :
Your health committee would submit the following report :
In the spring term of 1894 there was little or no absence
caused by sickness.
In the fall of 1894 diphtheria broke out. On October 5th,
the epidemic had spread so rapidly that it was thought best to
close the Orange and Union street schools After five weeks,
the disease having abated somewhat, the schools were opened
on November 12th, and ran until December 21st. By keeping
until this time, two of the five weeks were made up, making a
net loss of three weeks only.
During the vacation the epidemic increased again and it was
thought best not to open the schools at the beginning of the
winter term. After a loss of four weeks, all the schools were
opened on January 28, 1895. This loss is intended to be made
up during the rest of the year.
The High and Woodvale schools have not been affected at all.
These schools have run as usual and have not been closed on
account of diphtheria.
There have been 34 cases of diphtheria among children of
school age. Only nine of these cases have terminated fatally.
The Union and Orange street buildings were thoroughly fumi-
gated during the winter vacation by your committee, with the
assistance of the sanitary officer of the city.
The sanitary condition of the school buildings is in no way
responsible for the epidemic. It is entirely due to outside
causes. The school buildings are in as nearly perfect sanitary
condition as possible.
Great improvements have been made -in the Orange street
school house. This is now fitted out with the most approved
sanitary arrangements. We would recommend that, in the near
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future, the same improvements be made in the High school
building.
Respectfully submitted,
John C. Lothrop,
Hexry H. Wentworth,
Mark A. Kearns,
Committee on Health.
REPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE FOR THE HIGH
SCHOOL.
To the School Board of the City of Somersworth :
Your sub-committee for the High school respectfully submits
the following report :
The total number of pupils enrolled in the High school dur-
ing the past year was 75; the present attendance is 52; 26
pupils entered from the Grammar school, of whom 22 still
remain in school, and are doing good work. A class of 10 was
graduated from the High school at the close of the spring term ;
their names, residences and courses of study may be found in
the report of the chairman of the School Board of the city.
The work of the High school during the past year has been
more uniform and thorough, the requirements in the way of
scholarship more sevexe, and regularity of attendance more
strongly insisted on than heretofore. The percentage of
attendance has been very much higher during the past year,
owing, as we think, to the adoption of one session. We also
think that the work of the pupils has been more thorough and
more satisfactory in every respect since the adoption of the one
session plan, giving as it does to pupils ample opportunity to
study, uninterrupted by the usual noises in the class room, etc.
At the close of the spring term several pupils were found to be
deficient in their studies, complete reports of which were made
to the full board. Several pupils, being unable to keep up,
have left school, while others have taken a part of the work in
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which they were deficient with the lower classes. It was found
necessary to insist upon thorough work in order to bring the
scholars up to the requirements of the course, and to maintain
the requisite scholarship of the school.
In matters of discipline and general appearance we feel that
the school is in a much better condition than it was a year ago.
Many classes arn showing more enthusiasm in their studies, and
are evidently working with the object of understanding thor-
oughly all that can be taught them. The classes in Greek and
Latin, particularly, have shown marked improvement, and the
wisdom of employing assistant teachers who are able to teach
Greek, has been proved to the entire satisfaction of your com-
mittee. In civics, while the regular course has been followed,
much supplementary matter has been introduced, and in this
line very much extended work has been done. The study of
drawing, which was introduced into the school during 1893-'94,
was continued through the spring term, but owing to the fact
that a special teacher in drawing has not been employed during
the past year, and the work in the High school being largely
studio work, the present teachers are unable to give necessary
instruction ; nothing has been done in drawing during the past
two terms, and nothing is being done now.
The High school is very much hampered by lack of a suitable
physical laboratory, and also by the lack of a suitable library.
The needs of the High school require more room, and the sug-
gestion made by the sub-committee for the Grammar school,
that the present High school building is not more than suffi-
cient for the wants of the High school, meets with the approval
of your sub-committee for the High school. Several books of
reference have been added to the High school library during
the past year. They are found very useful and are much used
by the pupils.
On the whole, your committee would suggest that the High
school, in all of its departments, is in a very much better condi-
tion than it was a year ago. There is, however, room for
improvement in many departments, and much work can be
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done, provided the necessary means are furnished for carrying
out the plans of the principal and assistants. A large sum of
money could be profitably expended in the purchase of appar-
atus for the physical and chemical laboratories, and in the pur-
chase of the best reference text-books for teaching such subjects.
Respectfully submitted,
W. F. Russell,
John Duddy,
Richard W. Shapleigh,
Sub-Committee for the High School.
REPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE FOR THE GRAM-
MAR SCHOOLS.
To the School Board of the City of Somers worth :
Your sub-committee for the Grammar schools respectfully
submits the following report :
The Grammar school work of this city is under the following
teachers, viz.: Sixth grade, Union street, Miss Glovier ; sixth
grade, Orange street, Miss Lawlor ; seventh grade, Miss Mer-
rick, eighth and ninth grades, Mr. J. D. Montgomery and
Miss Q nimby.
WORK OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
The modifications and changes in the courses of study in the
Grammar schools of this citj^, suggested by the sub-sommittee
for the Grammar schools last year, have not been made and the
studies pursued have been practically the same in scope and
amount of work done as shown by our last report. Your com-
mittee believes that the changes suggested are necessary and
should be adopted as soon as the conditions are favorable for
such a change, but deems it unwise to attempt to change the
course of study until a thorough revision can be made, and
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along scientific lines suggested l\y the best educators interested
particularly in elementary school work.
The work in drawing has been carried on in the Grammar
schools the same as last year. Miss Merrick's class has taken
books four and five, and Mr. Montgomery's class, book six.
The plan of the Prang system, now in use in our schools,
contemplates instruction in the elements of mechanical drawing
in the Grammar school, the High school work, being largely
studio work, must be taken under a special teacher. As now
pursued, the work in the Grammar schools is one year, or more,
behind the work designed for the grades. This is caused by
the recent introduction of the system, and the fault will be cor-
rected with time and proper care. An hour and a half each
week is devoted to the study of drawing in the Grammar
schools.
The scope of the system and the main object of the instruc-
tion is not that pupils may become artists, but that eye and
hand may be trained to accuracy, and pupils thus be enabled to
express in accurate form the impression that matter has made
upon the mind. Probablj^ the value of a thorough knowledge
of the elementary principles of drawing is best practically illus-
trated in such studies as geometry, physics, zoology, geology,
botany, biology and kindred subjects, where pupils are required
to make investigation and full reports of the facts ascertained,
in note books, independently of the text-books and instructor.
Without such knowledge the pupil is unable to describe fully
the result of his research, and his knowledge at best will be a
mere book knowledge, unexpressed in form and unexpressive,
because it is not a working knowledge of the subject.
Our plan for a complete Grammar course contemplates more
work along the line of the sciences, and somewhat less in com-
mercial arithmetic and technical bookkeeping. Your committee
seriously questions the wisdom of continuing a course in the
Grammar school whose last year, in its whole scope, contem-
plates a preparation for the counting room rather than a prepa-
ration for High school work. The best proof of the deficien-
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cies of tlie present course^ as a preparation for High school
work is found in the Jififieulty many pupils find in keeping up
with the requirements during the first year of the High school
course.
With the course changed as suggested, and the adoption of a
regular system of ranking the pupils, based upon their daily
work and upon written examinations to be given each month,
and with monthly report cards to be forwarded to parents, or
guardians, for their signatures, which have just been introduced
into the lower schools, we are convinced that more thorough and
regular work will be done by the pupils, who will readily per-
ceive that each day's work has a decided bearing on their future
course in school, and that promotion from grade to grade
depends not upon favoritism, influence or natural growth, but
upon scholarship, and that only by regular attendance and hon-
est work can they expect to be promoted, or merit promotion.
A new text-book in history has been introduced into the
Grammar school, and with it it is hoped that more thorough
work along that line may be done, especially if the board will
adopt the suggestions made last year of supplying the Gram-
mar school library with sets of Bancroft's History of the United
States and Palfrey's History of New England, and with some
of Parkman's works. The value to young pupils, particularly
to those who have no reference libraries at home, of a school
library can not be too highly estimated, and constant reference
to standard works of authority on all subjects, by pupils and
teachers, constitutes a large element in true education.
• Your committee also suggests that a general review of geog-
raphy be made in the last year in the Grammar school, involv-
ing map drawing and essays upon the political divisions of the
world, particularly of the Western hemisphere.
Respectfully submitted,
Wm. F. Russeli>,
W. E. Pierce,
Jas. a. Conley,
Sub-Committee for the Grammar School.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE. FOR THE PRIMARY
SCHOOLS.
SoMERS WORTH, N. H., March 1, 1895.
To the Chairman and Members of the School Board of the City
of Somersworth :
Gentlemen' : — The work of arranging one grade in each of
the primary schools in the Orange and Union street buildings
has been carried on and nearly completed during the past year.
We hope that in the course of another year this classification
will be entirely finished. At present, in two of the rooms, it is
necessary to do the work in two classes. The promotion of
pupils next year will readjust the classes so that their work
will be uniform with the others.
Progress has been made in the direction of changes in read-
ing books, and although thus far little more than a start has
been made, we think that the advantages of a course in reading,
selected from the works of our best authors, is apparent. Your
committee believe that it is possible to so cultivate the literary
taste of children, during their continuance in the public schools,
as to place them above the desire for much of the cheap litera-
ture that too frequently occupies the time of our boys and girls.
The reading books now in use in the schools contain a very
limited amount of good poetry. It is desirable that selections
of poetry from good authors should be frequently read by our
pupils. It is reading in an attractivn form and greatly develops
the imaginative qualities of the mind. Some books of poetry
have been introduced during the year, but their number is not
suflScient to meet the requirements.
In the matter of arithmetic we think a radical change is
needed. Comparison of the work required in this branch with
that in other cities convinces us that we are endeavoring
to cover too much ground in our primary grades. It will be
impossible to readjust the requirements in this branch without
making changes in both primary and grammar grades. We
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believe it would be greatly to the ailvantage of our pujiils if the
course in arithmetic were so arranged as to give very thorough
instiuction in the elementary branches by drill upon the sim-
ple principles as fast as they are met. If it were possible to
extend the course one or two years in time, and to require the
pupils to cover no more ground than at present, we believe
increased thoroughness would result.
Your committee also conten.plate making changes in the
matter of S2)elling, and believe that they can bring them about
without additional expense for the purchase of spelling books.
During the year we have sold, at cost, books to be used at
home in cases where parents desired it. ' AV'e have also furnished
on the same terras, books in cases where parents, or guardians,
desired pupils to use new books instead of accepting those that
had been used by other pupils. This seems only just to our
citizens, and certainly saves them a considerable amount from
prices which they must pay if they made their purchases indi-
vidually.
The purchase of encyclopaedias and dictionaries under the
direction of the committee on text-books and apparatus has
enabled us to undertake the establislnnent of reference libra-
ries in each building It is deemed advisable to continue the
purchase of good reference books to be placed in each school,
and to encourage the formation of school libraries, by donations
from pupils, teachers and parents ; these libraries to contain
onl}'^ good books, and to be available for use by all the pupils in
the school where they may be provided.
During the past year our supply of maps has been increased,
and the work in geography very much facilitated thereby. We
are now using an unglazed map, which can be distinctly seen
from all parts of the room, thus avoiding the reflection from
glazed surfaces which is frequently very trying to the eyes of
pupils. We would suggest that the committee on text-books and
apparatus make a careful investigation of the text-books in
geography, with a view to changing the ones now in use in our
schools. Great advances have recently been made in this
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branch of study, and we think that our present text-book is not
giving complete satisfaction either to the standing committee,
or to the teachers ami pupils. If an improvement can be made
in this matter it is most desirable.
Music has been carried on last year, with benefit and pleasure
to pupils and teachers. The continuance of work in this branch,
under the guidance of a special teacher during a term of several
years, enables us to form an intelligent idea of the value of
music in our course of study. It is a branch important in
itself, very satisfactory to teach, and contributing great variety
to the daily work of the school.
The work in penmanship this year has shown a gratifying
improvement. The special course in penmanship, given the
teachers about a year ago, has resulted in an increase of enthu-
siasm on their part. We are able to note great improvement in
holding the pen, and as much improvement in the formation of
letters as we could reasonably expect. The work in this branch
is very much helped by the use of pen and ink in the lower
grades In writing, we do not feel that our schools are yet up
to the standard. We shall expect to see better results when
the first and second grade pupils, now using ink for the first
time, have been advanced a year or two. The desks in many
of our schools are too high for the pupils, and it is difficult to
obtain good writing on this account. The hand and arm carry-
ing the pen are raised so high as to throw excessive strain
upon the shoulder, and the muscles quickly become tired, the
result being a cramped hand.
The improvements at the Orange street building include set
wash-bowls. We would recommend that a limited appropriation
be made to supply towels and soap, to be used under the direc-
tion of the teachers in that building, and that similar jirovision
be made at the Union street building.
Recommendations as to the work in drawing will be found in
the reports of the special committee for that branch. It is only
necessary here to note the fact that the work of the year exhi-
bits some good results derived from the extra attention given
this branch last year.
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We have found that the kindergarten methods now in use
have met with good success. They have heen tried in the first
and second grades.
Our first grade schools are somewhat peculiar; many of the
children found in these rooms have little or no acquaintance
with the English lan.uage when they are first admitted. This
necessitates several weeks, at least, of effort on the part of the
teacher before pupils can understand the language and heed the
directions given them. Our first grade work therefore does
not show the progress to be found in cities with a smaller non-
English speaking population. It should be said, however, that
a very large percentage of these children, when they have
acquired the language, are able to make excellent progress.
We desire to call attention to the value of our State Normal
school work in its relation to primary schools. Last August
seven of the teachers from this city attended the summer school
at Plymouth. They found excellent instructors and well-
arranijed courses. Many of the practical suggestions made
there have been successfully tried by the teachers in their own
schools.
The work of your committee has been rendered much more
effective by a ready response to all suggestions, on the part of
the teachers under its charge.
Respectfully submitted,
Richard W. Shapleigh,
John C. Lothkop,
Henry H. Went worth,
Committee on Primary Schools.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON UNGRADED
SCHOOLS.
SoMERSwoRTH, N. H., March 1, 1895.
To the Chairman and Members of the School Board of the City
of Somersworth :
Gentlemen : — Three ungraded schools have been main-
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tained in the city during the past year. One of these, the
Bhickwater sciiool, was kept from September 10th to November
16th, and then closed on account of lack of attendance. This
school has always been small and during the fall term the
attendance was very irregular, some days no pupils being pres-
ent. The school was opened last fall only because it was
deemed unwise, on account of the age of the children, to pro-
vide transportation for the pupils of that district to the larger
schools in the more compact part of the city. Two pupils were
quite constant in their attendance upon this school while in
session, but the efforts of your committee and of the truant
ofBcer did not succeed in bringing the other children, within
school age, into anything like regular attendance. It was,
therefore, decided by the board to close the school, and to pro-
vide transportation for the children in the future. The same
teacher was employed in this school as last year. The school-
house is in such condition that very slight repairs would enable
us to open it again for use.
The Woodvale school has had an increased attendance during
this year, owing to the increase of business at the woolen mill.
The fall term at this school was lengthened one week this year,
and the time will be taken from the spring term, thus making
the school year correspond with thar. in the resc of the city.
Music has been introduced into the school this year, and com-
mendable progress made. The change in heating has made the
school-room much more comfortable. Better maps have also
been furnished the school.
The Prospect street school has been carried on as usual, and
has covered the work of the first thrcH primary grades. The
attendance at this school during the last part of the fall term
was very small, owing to the prevalence of diphtheria in the
city.
Your committee has continued its efforts toward making
these schools correspond with the graded schools. Owing to
the necessity of having a large number of classes, the ungraded
schools require great effort on the part of teachers They con
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taiu only a small percentage of pupils, but are doing a very
important work in those localities where they are situated.
Respectfully submitted,
Richard VV. Shapleigh,
Henrt H. Wentworth,
Mark A. Kearns,
Committee on Ungraded Schools.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON EVENING
SCHOOLS.
SoMEKswoRTH, N. H., March 1, 1895.
To the Chairman and Members of the School Board of the
City of Somersworth :
Gentlemen : — No evening schools have been maintained in
the city during the past year. Your committee therefore have
no report to make.
It may be well to say in this connection, however, that dur-
ing the year a few inquiries as to the possibility of an evening
school have been made by persons who desire the advantages
that such a school would offer.
Respectfully submitted,
John Duddy,
Geo. F. Hill,
Henry H. Wentworth,
Committe on Evening Schools.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TRUANCY.
Somersworth, N. H., March 1, 1895.
To the Chairman and Members of the School Board of the City
of Somersworth :
Gentlemen : — In giving you a report from this department
we labor undel" the disadvantage of not having the truant officer,
or his books, from which to gather information.
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Tlie city government, at the beginning of last year, wished
to combine the duties of city marshal and truant officer. This
they voted to do. The school board concurred with them, and
the change was made. We think the work of this department
has not been pushed with the vigor and persistence of former
years, for two reasons : First, because of ' the great amount of
sickness in the city, and again, because of a new man as officer,
whose time, that he could give to the work, was limited
We find, in very many cases, a lack of co-operation on the
part of parents with the truant officer, which ought not to be.
We recommend that careful consideration be given by the
board as to who shall be the officer for the coming year. In
order that the officer may give to this department more time,
we recommend that a larger appropriation be made for this
work, and that his duties be clearly and minutely defined by
the members of this committee. Also, that some plan be
adopted by which the teachers may have communication with
the officer without the trouble that is experienced under the
present system.
Respectfully submitted,
Henry H. We.ntworth,
John C. Lothrop,
Mark A. Kearns,
Committee on Truancy.
KEPORT OF SECRETARY OF SCHOOL BOARD.
SoMERSwoRTH, N. H., March 1, 1895.
To the Chairman and Members of the School Board of the City
of Somersworth :
Gentlemen : — The secretary of the board herewith presents
his financial report for the fiscal year ending March 1, 1895
The collection of small sums of money for loss or misuse of
books, for supplies furnished pupils and for damage to build-
ings, has been made through the agency of teachers of rooms
where the loss or damage has occurred. This is the same plan
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that was followed last year. It is found to work well, and,
besides protecting the city from loss, is of assistance to teachers
in enforcing discipline.
Tuition bills have been furnished, collections made and
receipts given under the direction of your secretary to pupils in
attendance upon our schools, who reside outside the city limits.
The charges for tuition remain the same as last year, and
include books and supplies furnished upon the same terms as to
pupils residing in Somersworth. The amount received for
tuition has decreased this year, owing to the graduation of
tuition scholars from the High school.
In the early part of the year the Union street building was
somewhat damaged by a fire which consumed the Collins' barn,
situated on the northerly side of the school-house lot. Loss to
the city was caused by cracking of glass in several windows,
and the scorching of paint on the window-sashes and frames.
After this fire Crawford, Tolles & Co., agents, awarded and
paid the school board for damages, $22.50. The disbursement
of this money for repairs is noted in the accompanying item-
ized account.
All moneys received by the secretary during the fiscal year,
except the income from the Chandler fund, have been turned
over to A. D. Tolles, City Treasurer, and his receipt taken
therefor. Accompanying this report is a detailed account of
the receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year just ended.
All bills paid have been approved by the Finance and Claims
Committee, as required by the rules of the board.
There is at present in the hands of the secretary $55, from
the Chandler fund, which must be applied to the purchase of
books and apparatus for the use of schools situated in the dis-
trict formerly known as "School District, No. 3." This fund
will yield annually the savings bank interest upon one thou-
sand dollars.
This is the first payment upon the foundation generously
provided by a bequest of the late Hon. Isaac Chandler, who for
many years was a member of the prudential committee, and
intimately connected with the schools of Somersworth.
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Tte accounts of the secretary have been audited by the City
Auditors, and their certificate is appended hereto.
Respectfully submitted,
Richard W. Shapleigh,
Secretary of the School Board.
SUMMARY OF CASH RECEIVED.
From Crawford, Tolles & Co., agents, fire damage to
Union street building,
C. H. Annis, cash,
J. S. McDaniel, for Underhili W. and V., fgt.
Mrs. M. E. Robinson, cash,
Sales of books and breakage,
A. D. Tolles, City Treasurer,
Tuition,
$22 50
39 08
12 45
50 00
28 44
26 36
95 00
$273 83
SUMMARY OF CASH PAID,
Paid repairs of fire damage. Union street building,
C. H. Annis, cash.
J. S. McDaniel, for Underbill W. and V., fgt.,
Mrs. M. E. Robinson, cash.
Telegrams, postage, etc.,
A. D. Tolles, City Treasurer, book, breakage
and insurance,
A. D. Tolles, City Treasurer, tuition,
auditors' certificate.
$22 44
39 08
12 45
50 00
26 36
28 50
95 00
$273 83
City of Somerswokth, N. H., Feb. 26, 1895.
This certifies that we have this day examined the within
account of the secretary of the school board of the said city,
showing receipts and expenditures, and that we found the
expenditures properly vouched for and the footings correct.
(Signed) Charles F. Blake,
H. Ansel Hayes,
Auditors for the City of Soraersworth.
VITAL STATISTICS
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INDEX.
Page.
Inaugural Address - - - ' 5
Municipal Election 13
City Government - - - ----- ig
Amendment to Charter ..--.. 26
Resolutions passed during year ----- 30
Receipts and Expenditures 43
Report of Treasurer ... .... 55
on Forest Glade Cemetery - - - - 91
Police Court of Somersworth 95
Report of City Marshal 97
City Solicitor loi
Chief Engineer ------ 102
City Physician - - - - - - 107
Board of Health 108
Street Commissioner 117
Overseer of Poor ■ - - - - 129
Tax Collector 131
School Board 135
Department Public Instruction :
Organization ..------- 136
Report of Chairman ------- 137
Reports of Committees :
Finance and Claims ------ 140
Qualifiction of Teachers 152
Text-books and Apparatus 153
Music - - - - 154
Drawing 155
Health 162
High School -------- 163
Grammar School ------- 165
Primary Schools - - - - - - - 168
Ungraded Schools - - - - - - 171
Evening Schools i73
Truancy - ■ " ^73
Secretary * " - ^74
Vital Statistics.
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